Joe Perkins is a senior associate in the Litigation Practice Group, specialising in providing commercially focused advice in large-scale international arbitrations and construction disputes.
- Acting for a consortium of French and North Macedonian construction companies in emergency arbitration and arbitral proceedings under the ICC Rules in Paris, France, arising from a FIDIC Red Book construction contract for wastewater collection infrastructure in Skopje, North Macedonia.
- Acting for a Chinese state-owned enterprise and supplier of heavy mining equipment for the AU$11 billion Roy Hill Project in its disputes with an upstream contractor. The dispute culminated in an arbitration hearing in Singapore conducted under the UNCITRAL Rules in 2019.
- Advising clients, including the head contractor and a lower-tier joint venture party, involved in multiple arbitration proceedings under the ICC Rules in Singapore and Sydney arising out of the AU$65 billion Ichthys LNG Project.
- Acting for an EPC contractor in its disputes (litigation and adjudications) with a subcontractor supplier of concrete and foundation works on the Western Turner Syncline Stage 2 Project in the Pilbara, Western Australia.
- Advising on international and domestic arbitral proceedings related to the design and construction of a lithium hydroxide processing plant in Western Australia.
- Secondment to the head contractor of the AU$2 billion Forrestfield Airport Link Project in Perth, Australia in respect of its disputes with a tunnel and rail subcontractor.
- Acting for various construction companies in adjudication proceedings under the security of payment legislation in Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
- Advising a Japanese joint venture on compliance issues arising from the supply of rail dampers to the North West Rail Link Project in Sydney.
- Assisting numerous construction companies and a local government in litigious construction disputes in the Supreme Court of Western Australia.
- Advising a national engineering company on negligence issues for an insurance claim and associated recovery arising out of a multiparty barge charter agreement.
- Acting for multiple construction companies seeking judicial review of adjudication determinations in the Supreme Court of Western Australia.
- Advising a large local construction company in an expert determination arising out of the refurbishment of the Royal Darwin Hospital.
Education
- College of Law Western Australia, Graduate Diploma, Legal Practice, 2018
- University of Western Australia, J.D., 2017
- University of Western Australia, B.A., 2014
Admissions
- Supreme Court of Western Australia, 2018
- Co-author, “Timetable for security for payment reform in Western Australia,” Australian Construction Law Newsletter.
- Co-author, “Carving out – Enforcing payment due under a payment certificate capable of summary relief,” Australian Construction Law Newsletter.
- Co-author, “Security of payment reform in Western Australia – What to expect and what you will need to do differently,” Australian Construction Law Newsletter.
- Co-author, “How two recent cases may change adjudications in Western Australia,” Australian Construction Law Newsletter.