Leading Adviser 2019

192 Acquisition International - Leading Adviser 2019 Aug19295 24 Acquisit on International - Issue 10 2019 Aug19295 Working as part of Australian advisory business JBM Advisory Pty Ltd, Phillip Greenham is an internationally- recognised legal mind who has become one of Australia’s foremost construction lawyers. Through the firm, Phillip provides support to the construction and infrastructure industry. Join us as we examine his success in a career that has spanned more than thirty-five years. upporting the construction industry for over thirty-five years, Phillip Greenham offers a wide variety of support that includes procurement advice, contract administration support, dispute outlook analysis, training and arbitration services. He uses probability analysis to simplify decision making and support appropriate return on investment decision making in relation to disputes. Able to provide a bridge between general counsel and external legal counsel, Phillip also assists in the management of the dispute team. He also serves as an arbitrator, dispute board member and mediator. One of a small number of practitioners in Australia to join the International Academy of Construction Lawyers, Phillip is also an Enterprise Fellow and long-time guest lecturer at the University of Melbourne. In addition to this, he has also been recognised in international publications, given his status as one of the ‘Most Highly Regarded Individuals’ in the Asia Pacific region in Who’s Who Legal. Widely regarded as one of Australia’s top and most savvy construction lawyers, Phillip spent more than thirty years working with Minter Ellison, one of the top ten law firms in the Asia Pacific region. The last twenty-seven years of his tenure with Minter Ellison were spent as senior partner, as well as spending his final decade there heading up the Melbourne Projects, Infrastructure and Construction practice. Committed to making the complex simple, Phillip gives clear advice that is commercial, action-focused and well-grounded in legal analysis. He has an exceptional ability to provide legal advice that has been comprehensively considered, whilst ensuring that it is easily understandable for clients. His clientele base consists of all manner of businesses in the construction industry, with a particular focus on those involved in complex procurement and complex disputes. Phillip provides solutions designed to avoid disputation, minimise risk and to bring about early resolution. His strategies have brought about the desired results for governmental procurements across a diverse set of projects, associated with education, health, justice, public and private partnerships, roads, public transport, railways, ports and defence. In the private sector, Phillip’s advice has guided numerous international construction companies seeking to vigorously, yet safely, grow their presence in the Australian marketplace. He has helped senior management navigate the local market successfully, reconciling the expectations of boards operating in their home jurisdictions with the realities of risk acceptability in the Australian context. Alongside this, Phillip has advised on projects as varied as mineral processing plants, complex defence materiel procurement Company: JBM Advisory Pty. Ltd. Contact: Phillip Greenham Website: www.jbmadvisory.com Cornerstone of Construction Law and stream procurement for government bodies, and ranging in value from $150,000 to $1.5 billion. The unrivalled success that Phillip has experienced throughout his more than thirty-five years of working in construction law is down to his ability to make complex disputes and legal aspects seem clear to his clients. By helping them understand everything about their decision-making process, they can make better-informed decisions that often lead to the best outcomes. S “The unrivalled success that Phillip has experienced throughout his more than thirty-five years of working in construction law is down to his ability to make complex disputes and legal aspects seem clear to his clients.” Leading Co struction Disputes Lawyer of the Year, Australia