Expertise

Ashley is an Associate in the Construction & Engineering practice group at Addleshaw Goddard, Singapore.  She is experienced in international arbitrations, arbitration-related and commercial litigation, and advisory work across Australia, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. 

Ashley focuses on major construction disputes in the energy and resources and infrastructure sectors, and has acted in arbitrations conducted under major institutional and ad hoc rules.  She is also well versed in non-contentious and advisory work. Her well-rounded experience provides her with specialist and technical skills and enables her to offer clients tailored, practical, and commercially focused advice as well as achieve outcomes that align with clients' strategic objectives.

Recent experience includes:

• Acting for a Qatar state-owned entity in an international arbitration under ICC Rules relating to the construction of a significant infrastructure project in Qatar.  Issues in dispute included termination, defects, and valuation of the final account.
• Acting for an Oman state-owned entity in an international arbitration under ICC Rules relating to modification and expansion works on an LNG plant in Oman.  The contract was governed by English law and issues in dispute included delay, disruption, and amongst other financial and technical claims.
• Acting for a Dubai state owned entity in a high value dispute board adjudication in respect of an iconic building in the UAE. The contract was governed by UAE law and the issues in dispute involved delay, disruption, and variation claims (amongst others).
• Advising a Bangladeshi conglomerate in relation to a potential dispute relating to EPCM contracts with a Chinese state-owned contractor for the construction of two chemical plants in Bangladesh, under which no governing law was specified.
• Acting for an MEP contractor against the head contractor in an international arbitration under DIAC Rules relating to the construction of a prestigious hotel and residences in Dubai.
• Acting for a head contractor in an international arbitration under UNCITRAL Rules relating to works for the conversion of a power plant in Saudi Arabia.
• Acting for International Paint and AkzoNobel in the Federal Court of Australia in a dispute relating to the US$45 billion Ichthys LNG project in Western Australia.
• Acting for a global energy contractor in dispute avoidance processes relating to upstream and downstream EPC contracts for the construction of a major renewable energy project in Western Australia.