Mr. Hales is an experienced construction lawyer advising clients on a range of contentious matters in the construction, infrastructure and energy sectors. His practice focuses on dispute resolution in various jurisdictions, particularly on complex large-scale construction and engineering projects.
Mr. Hales has acted on arbitrations spanning a number of industry sectors under the ACICA, ICC, LCIA and ICSID rules and has appeared in ad hoc arbitration proceedings. He is highly experienced on payment disputes and in adjudication proceedings arising from a wide range of bespoke and standard form construction, design and construct and equipment supply contracts under the applicable legislation in several states and territories of Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
