Sarah Melville
Biography
Sarah Melville is a senior associate in the Sydney office of Baker McKenzie. Sarah specialises in dispute resolution and risk management in the areas of construction, energy and major projects, including in oil and gas and renewable energy, infrastructure and commercial and residential buildings.
Sarah was named as a Rising Star 2023 by Australian Lawyer.
Practice Focus
Sarah has over nine years' experience, including five years in-house at Chevron. She has worked internationally, across several jurisdictions, and has extensive experience in project delivery and across the full range of dispute resolution processes, including litigation, expert determination and domestic and international arbitration.
Representative Legal Matters
- Advising a multinational energy corporation on the renegotiation of a bespoke EPC contract for the fabrication and marine transport of a field control station in Western Australia.
- Advising a multinational energy corporation in a potential arbitration against its EPCM contractors in relation to a large oil and gas project in Central Asia.
- Advising a developer on project delivery and dispute resolution in respect of the redevelopment of an existing commercial building in Sydney.
- Advising a contractor in an expert determination in respect of disputed variations and delays to the construction of a mixed-use building in Melbourne.
- Advising a multinational energy corporation on project delivery for a large oil and gas project in Central Asia.
- Advising an American energy corporation on two arbitrations relating to delays on two large solar farm projects in regional Australia.
- Advising an energy developer on project delivery for a wind farm in Victoria.
Professional Honors
- Rising Star 2023, Australasian Lawyer
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Society of Construction Law Australia - Member
Admissions
- New South Wales
- England & Wales
- Republic of Ireland
Education
- University of Law (LLLM, Distinction)
- University of Sydney (Dip.)
- University College Dublin (BA, Hons)
Baker & McKenzie, an Australian Partnership, is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.