Senior legal practitioner with over 20 years experience in construction and property, both from the front end and back. While I am enthusiastic about managing and mentoring teams I am equally adept at working autonomously with minimal supervision. I am passionate about providing useful commerically practical legal advice to my clients, within inhouse and private practice.A former general counsel for BGIS Asia Pacific advising leadership and the board on governance, risk and acquisitions together with providing legal advice to the various business services units within the company, procurement, IT, bids and human resources.Prior I spent 9 years as legal counsel and later as Senior Legal counsel at engineering and advisory business, Aurecon Australasia Pty Ltd where the usual day-to-day work entailed reviewing consultancy contracts across Australia and advising on claims.