Perth-based Squire Sanders Australia has added prominent Northern Territory project, construction and litigation lawyer Cris Cureton.

Cureton established the Minter Ellison Darwin office as a foundation partner in 2003 and will bring to Squire Sanders expertise in construction and engineering disputes especially in major project procurement and delivery. He has worked on many of the major projects in the Northern Territory in the past two decades including the Alice Springs to Darwin Railway, Darwin Waterfront Redevelopment, Darwin Marine Supply Base, Betaloo Basin onshore gas exploration and the Bonaparte Gas Pipeline. His areas of expertise include: adjudication, arbitration and mediation; litigation and dispute resolution; projects and public private partnerships including aboriginal land, native title and sacred site agreements and clearances.

Squire Sanders Australia was established in October last year after a majority of partners from the Minter Ellison Perth office joined the global firm.

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