A practising lawyer in New Zealand, and overseas for 30 years, Chris has a very wide range of experience in litigation. He has practised both as a litigation solicitor and a barrister for most of his career. His present focus is on commercial litigation and dispute resolution, with an emphasis on building and construction matters and he has conducted adjudications under the Construction Contracts Act 2002. He has international experience including as Director Claims Team Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation as in house advocate, on the Taiwan High Speed Rail project, a largest PPP partnership with a cost of $US18 Billion. He has also worked in Kazakhstan on international litigation and arbitration. He has written and presented CLE Papers for the Auckland District Law Society, and written for the New Zealand Law Journal and NZ Lawyer on topics including construction law issues.