Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Languages

• English

Lawyer Overview

Phillip Georgiou is a construction lawyer whose experience spans the entire spectrum of construction and engineering matters.

Phillip represents an international range of clients, including government bodies, statutory corporations, port operators, airlines, rail companies, oil & gas companies, independent power producers, real estate developers, owners and operators of manufacturing plants and facilities, main contractors, subcontractors, and insurers. He is involved in projects across the globe, including North Asia, Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East, North Africa, Central America, and Australia.

He has substantial experience in negotiating and drafting complex contractual project documentation and in assisting and advising clients on legal issues that arise during the course of projects. He represents clients involved in litigation, arbitration, and various forms of alternative dispute resolution and prosecutes and defends charges arising from contraventions of construction-related legislation and regulations.

Phillip is an active participant in the Hong Kong construction industry as a committee member of the British Chamber of Commerce Construction Industry Group, member of the Lighthouse Club (a construction industry charity), and member of the Hong Kong Society of Construction Law. He is a regular speaker at construction industry organizations, including the Hong Kong Construction Association, the Institute of Engineers Hong Kong Chapter, and the Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors. Phillip also develops and provides clients with in-house workshops to discuss legal issues and problems that arise in construction projects.

Areas of Practice

• International Litigation & Arbitration
• Energy
• Energy/Utilities
• Trial Practice
• Construction Litigation
• Construction

Representative Cases

• Chevron Geothermal Indonesia, Ltd. v. Thiess Kanematsu Consortium
• Arbitration Claim for Defective Foundation Piles
• Arbitration Claim for Defective Foundation Piles
• Arbitration Claims Concerning Spire Lighting System
• Arbitration for Defective Works
• Auditing Water Quality Requirements
• Building Prosecutions
• Construction Claims for Airport Terminal
• Construction Delays Arbitration
• Construction Legal Advice
• Contract Disputes
• Contractor Claims
• Court Claim Against Bond Provider
• Court Claims for Residential Development Construction Delays
• Drafting Construction Contract
• Drafting Design and Construction Contract
• Drafting Design Consultancy Agreement
• Drafting Joint Venture Agreement
• Drafting Maintenance Agreement
• Drafting Operation and Maintenance Agreement
• Drafting Port Construction Contract
• Drafting Pro-forma Sub-Contract
• Joint Venture Arrangement
• Negotiating and Drafting Consultancy Agreements
• Residential Defects Claims
• Residential Development Construction Disputes

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Contracts, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• Hong Kong

Education

• Monash University - Australia

Published Works

• Extensions of Time, Concurrent Delays, and Causation: City Inn v Shepherd Judicial Guidance from the UK Courts at Long Last, 2008
• Poorly Drafted Dispute Resolution Clauses: Hong Kong Court of Appeal Attempts to Unravel the Mess, 2007
• The Perils of Bad Contract Drafting: The Irony of Dispute-Resolving Provisions Becoming the Cause of Dispute, 2006
• Relationship Contracting, The ICAC and WTO Procurement Rules, published article for CII-HK Conference 2004 on Construction Partnering, 2004
• Disruption Claims, paper presented at the 10th Master Class, Pickavance Consulting, 2004

Address

29th Floor, Edinburgh Tower; The Landmark
15 Queen's Road Central
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Phones

852.3189.7312 (Business Phone)

Faxes

852.2868.5871 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com