James is an Associate in HFW's construction team with broad experience advising clients through all stages of project delivery from transactional issues to dispute resolution.

James specialises in providing strategic advice on large scale infrastructure and engineering projects with a focus on dispute resolution including pre-dispute strategy, mediation, arbitration and litigation.

He has extensive experience with the various security of payment regimes across Australia having acted for both claimants and respondents through the entire process from making or responding to a payment claim through to judicial review of adjudication determinations. James' goal is assisting clients in achieving commercial outcomes.