Gitanjali Bajaj

• Acting for an employer in relation to various delay and variation claims by the D&C Contractor arising from the construction of a solar power plant in the Northern Territory.
• Acting for an international defence contractor in relation to the termination of one of the largest defence procurement projects in Australia.
• Acting for a D&C contractor in Supreme Court of Victoria proceedings arising from alleged defects in the Victorian Desalination Plant.
• Acting for a South Korean rolling stock manufacturer in relation to various contractual issues at consortium level and owner level arising from a contract to design, build, deliver and maintain a fleet of high capacity double deck trains.
• Acting for the Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste in negotiations with Australia and the Oil & Gas Contractors operating in the Timor Sea on the transition of oil & gas interests in accordance with the Maritime Boundaries Treaty, including for the Greater Sunrise fields.
• Acted for an international joint venture in relation to a multi-million dollar ICC arbitration seated in Singapore arising from a downstream EPC Subcontract relating to the construction of the Onshore LNG Facilities forming part of the Ichthys Onshore LNG Project (Northern Territory), Australia’s largest LNG project.
• Acted for the national petroleum authority of Timor-Leste in relation to an ICC arbitration seated in Singapore for claims arising out of a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) with major international Oil & Gas contractors for the exploration and exploitation of the oil and gas reserves in the Timor Sea.
• Acted for an international renewable energy contractor in a multi-million dollar SIAC arbitration seated in Singapore against the EPC Contractor in relation to claims arising from the construction of a bioethanol facility in the Philippines.
• Acted for a wind turbine installation contractor in relation to claims for variations, acceleration, extensions of time, site safety issues under subcontracts with the EPC Contractor on five different projects in various dispute forums in Australia.
• Acted for a global power generation, infrastructure and transmission facilities contractor in a domestic arbitration in relation to plant operation incidents at a power plant in Western Australia.
• Acted for the Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste against Australia in Compulsory Conciliation proceedings under Annex V of the 1982 United National Convention of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) concerning the delimitation of the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf and the establishment of permanent maritime boundaries between the two States.

• Named Lawyer of the Year for International Arbitration Sydney in The Best Lawyers in Australia 2022
• Named International ADR Practitioner of the Year 2021 at the Australian Disputes Centre’s ADR Awards
• Named Arbitration Practitioner of the Year 2020 at the Australian Disputes Centre’s ADR Awards
• Named International ADR Practitioner of the Year 2019 at the Australian Disputes Centre’s ADR Awards
• Named Partner of the Year at the 2018 Lawyers Weekly Australian Women in Law awards
• Finalist Partner of the Year at the Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards 2019
• Finalist Arbitration Practitioner of the Year in the Australian ADR Awards 2018
• Ranked as Band 1 in Chambers Asia-Pacific and Global 2022 for Dispute Resolution: Arbitration – Australia
• Recognised in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific for International Arbitration, Construction and Dispute Resolution
• Recognised in the 2022 Who’s Who Legal for International Arbitration as National Leader for Australia and Future Leader Global
• Recognised in The Best Lawyers in Australia 2020, 2021 and 2022 for International Arbitration
• Ranked in Doyle’s Guide to Construction & Infrastructure Litigation Lawyers – Australia 2022
• Ranked in Doyle’s Guide to Arbitration Lawyers – Australia 2021

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