Phillip Coady

Partner
pcoady@tglaw.com.au
+61 2 9020 5670
+61 448 415 021
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Sydney
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Areas of Expertise

Construction & Infrastructure, Energy & Resources, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Arbitration

Phillip has over 20 years of experience in the construction, engineering, infrastructure and energy sectors, both in-house and in private practice, and advises on the complete lifecycle of construction projects, from project and transactional front-end drafting and advice; project delivery and advisory, to dispute resolution, including litigation, arbitration, expert determination and adjudication.  

Prior to joining Thomson Geer in 2025, Phillip has worked for top-tier legal practices in Australia and the UK. He has also worked as an in-house senior legal counsel for Lendlease Engineering, which was one of Australia’s largest development and construction corporations and has been involved in an array of large-scale projects, disputes, litigation, arbitrations, adjudications, mediations and facilitated negotiations.

Phillip is admitted as a solicitor of the High Court of Australia, Supreme Court of NSW and is also a qualified solicitor in England and Wales. This breadth of experience makes Phillip highly competent to manage a variety of projects in a domestic and international context.

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What others say

"Phil Coady is a standout partner. He is energetic, responsive and offers pragmatic, commercially sound advice. No matter is too big or small for Phil and his team."
Client testimonial, Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024
"Band 5 - Construction"
Chambers and Partners 2025

Experience

Medical facility

Acting for a leading building contractor on a A$250 million medical research facility in Sydney, including advising on the procurement process and negotiating the building contract. Also, drafting the pass down template subcontract and consultancy agreement, drafting contract administration manual containing flowcharts and notices for key procedures and a contract relationship diagram.

Payce Communities

Successfully acting for Payce Communities against a Council in proceedings in the NSW Supreme Court regarding unpaid variations and extension of time claims, and two further proceedings regarding challenges to the contractor's rights under the Adjudication Determination under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW).

Baker & Proven

Successfully acting for heavy engineering contractor Baker & Proven in proceedings in the NSW Supreme Court against its client regarding the assembly and manufacture of army vehicles.

Hansen Yuncken

Successfully acting for Hansen Yuncken in relation to an arbitration with Viasat on the Defence Wideband Satellite project. Also successfully acting for Hansen Yuncken in relation to court proceedings commenced by Viasat on the Defence Wideband Satellite project.

Solar farm arbitrations

Acted for a contractor in relation to downstream arbitrations on a Victorian solar farm development (circa $5 million) and on a NSW solar farm development for claims against a subcontractor of approximately $20 million.

Acciona Infrastructure Australia

Successfully acting for Acciona Infrastructure Australia in proceedings in the NSW Supreme Court in respect of an application to set aside an Adjudication Determination under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW).

About us

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