20 October 2006
Key Points:
Georgia Quick is a Special Counsel at Clayton Utz. She has recently returned from the UK where she gained extensive experience in dispute resolution and risk management in the areas of construction, major projects and energy. In particular, Georgia has considerable dispute resolution experience in international arbitration and industry knowledge of the energy sector.
Georgia has been involved in disputes involving numerous jurisdictions including England, Europe (Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Germany and Russia), Nigeria, India, Philippines, and Hong Kong. She has extensive experience conducting and advising both contractors and principals in respect of ICC, LCIA and ad hoc international arbitrations in respect of FPSOs, power plants, offshore platforms, water treatment plants, material handling facilities, rolling stock and airport facilities. While in the UK she provided advise in relation to nuclear insurance schemes and the set-up of the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. Georgia is also an accredited mediator.
Her work predominantly involves the construction of key contractual provisions such as liquidated damages, extensions of time, performance testing, termination, payment procedures, variations, defects and design responsibility.
