Justin is a commercial advisory lawyer with over 25 years’ experience acting for Australian Government agencies, government-owned corporations and private sector entities in relation to government procurement, commercial contracting, corporate law and governance, information and communications technology, intellectual property, funding agreements and probity. Justin has acted on many of the Australian Government’s strategically important and complex projects, and has helped ensure the success of national initiatives throughout their development, implementation and operation phases.
In addition, Justin’s practice covers corporate law and governance, advising a wide range of clients on Corporations Act compliance, governance, corporate structuring, major transactions and regulatory compliance. Justin focuses on delivering pragmatic, commercial solutions for key project issues to maximise outcomes and manage risk.
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Experience
- Department of Defence (Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group) Advising on strategic procurement and contracting for major capital equipment acquisition and sustainment programs. This includes advising Defence on the Future Submarine Program and on the procurement of training services for a major transformation program, as well as acting as lead negotiator for parallel negotiations on a complex services agreement.
- Department of Social Services and Services Australia Advising on the implementation of major Government policy initiatives, throughout their development, implementation and operation phases. This includes advising on high profile, successive Australian Government policy initiatives for welfare payment delivery mechanisms via stored value cards and debit cards operating on the Australian Card Payment System. In addition, Justin has advised the Department in relation to the 1800RESPECT Service.
- Department of Health Advising the Department on corporate and commercial matters, including in relation to procurement, commercial contracting, commercial transactions, funding agreements and regulatory matters. Justin has also advised the Department on the implementation of major health initiatives and has developed corporate structures and contracting models for the delivery of health projects.
- Various clients – technology projects Advising on complex technology projects and the procurement of core operational systems. This has included advising the Digital Transformation Agency in relation to the Digital ID System and a number of Commonwealth agencies in relation to multi-stage procurement processes and complex services agreements.
- Various clients – corporate law and governance Advising on corporate law, corporate governance, structuring and major transactions. Justin’s clients include Australian Government agencies, government-owned corporations, healthcare organisations, aboriginal community-controlled corporations, peak bodies and not-for-profit organisations. This work extends to advising on the establishment and winding-up of companies.
