Biography: Construction

Colin is a partner at Clayton Utz working within the construction and major projects, and international arbitration groups, and is a specialist in these areas.

Colin Dodd has over 25 years experience in the construction and engineering industry and has acted for developers, contractors and other professionals involved in major projects throughout many parts of the world. Colin's particular expertise lies in dispute resolution, where he has conducted large-scale arbitrations in Europe and Asia, including Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, the ROC and the PRC, involving power plants, hospitals, railways and airports.

Colin has been based in Hong Kong since 1984 and from 2003 to 2009, Colin lead a team of lawyers advising the Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation on all aspects of this US$16 billion BOT project – the largest BOT project in the world at that time. Colin conducted a number of conciliations and arbitrations on behalf of the corporation that ultimately resolved many commercial and technical issues.

He is affiliated with the International Bar Association, Inter-Pacific Bar Association, Society of Construction Law, London Court of International Arbitration, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Association of Project Management.

Colin is admitted to practice in New South Wales (2001), Hong Kong (1984) and England and Wales (1983).

As the resident managing partner of the Clayton Utz Hong Kong office, Colin undertakes assignments on projects throughout Asia and co-ordinates the work of the construction and major projects group in the region.