Georgia Quick
AshurstJeremy Chenoweth and Georgia Quick co-lead the arbitration practice at Ashurst; Quick, based in Sydney, is dual qualified in Australia and England and Wales, and Chenowith practices across Brisbane and Sydney, and heads the firm’s Asia Pacific dispute resolution practice. The team has particular strength in the construction, infrastructure, energy and natural resources sectors and is well versed in international arbitration proceedings in the oil and gas, mining and power sectors. The team has notable international coverage thanks to its broad office network and the knowledge of its lawyers, including Bill Smith, who has experience in the Middle East and North Africa. Nationally, the firm’s reach extends to Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Canberra.
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Testimonials
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‘Ashurst practitioners tend to provide a balance between commercial and thorough, which is important for the Australian market. Bill Smith is creative, collaborative and a pair of safe-hands - the full package. Georgia Quick is thorough and will pick up on issues before they become issues.’
‘Jeremy Chenoweth is a standout. His work was a cut above.'
‘The team is extremely experienced, very hard-working and extremely bright, with great lawyers who understand and devise strategies to achieve their clients' legal and commercial objectives.’
‘Bill Smith is extremely bright, immensely hard-working and an outstanding lawyer with vast experience of international arbitration. He is a first-rate leader of a team, gets the best out of those around him, and a terrific strategist.’
‘Ashurst's construction disputes team in Sydney has excellent experience working with government clients and public infrastructure projects, a quality pool of senior and junior associates and responsive and astute partners (primarily Georgia Quick, Bill Smith and Adam Frith) who regularly deliver high quality work that meets clients' requirements and timelines.’
‘Georgia Quick takes the time to understand the client's concerns and motivations underlying a request and provides high quality work that is easily digestible by non-legal personnel.'
- 'Bill Smith has excellent experience in running construction arbitrations, both in Australia and abroad. That gives him an instinctive feel as to the merits of a party's claim/defence, which enables Bill to provide pertinent and astute advice at the early stages of a potential dispute.'
Key clients
- AGL Energy Limited
- Airservices Australia
- Alcoa Corporation
- Australian Naval Infrastructure Pty Ltd
- CBRE Pty Limited
- Gold Coast City Council
- Hochtief AG
- Idemitsu Australia Resources Pty Limited
- LafargeHolcim Ltd
- Leighton Offshore Pte Limited
- MMA Offshore Limited
- MMI Indonesia Investments Pty Ltd
- Nexus Infrastructure Pty Ltd
- Northern Oil & Gas Australia Pty Limited
- Northern Star Resources Ltd
- NorthWest Healthcare
- NSW Government
- Orica Limited
- Paladin Solutions PNG Ltd
- Roads and Maritime Services
- Shell International Limited
- SRG Global Limited
- Sydney Metro
- Whitehaven Finance Company Pty Ltd
- Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal Pty Limited
- Woodside Energy Ltd.
- WorkPac Pty Ltd
- WSA Co Limited
- Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Bill Smith
AshurstPractice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Georgia Quick, Jeremy Chenoweth