Adam Gregory

• Acting for a Chinese SOE in respect of a refinery and petrochemical project in Malaysia.
• Acting for a Korean contractor in respect of a clean energy facility in Thailand.
• Advising a Korean contractor in respect of a large refinery project in Indonesia.
• Acting for a Spanish contractor on a gas project in Algeria.
• Acting for a Spanish contractor in respect of a waste-to-energy plant in the United Kingdom with disputes against the owner and several subcontractors and suppliers.
• Acting for a JV comprised of a Spanish and Italian contractor in respect of a dispute regarding a subway extension in Canada against the State entity.
• Acted for a Korean contractor in respect of JV dispute with an American oil and gas company regarding a power plant in Malaysia.
• Acted as project counsel for a large U.S. university regarding the construction of a new medical centre.
• Was lead associate for two of the largest construction / engineering companies in the World (as a JV) in an ICC Arbitration seated in London. The project was based in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and involved the construction of the World’s largest new build petrochemical plant. The claims relating to EPC contract claims, defective design and performance, and full range of commercial issues. The amount in dispute was more than USD 700 million.
• Advised a large U.S company in respect of its worldwide supply contract for the provision of satellites.
• Acted for the owner of a windfarm in a dispute with a German supplier in respect of defects and other breaches of warranties including in respect of wind power generation availability and catestrophic failures.
• Acted for a large U.S. company in respect of the construction of a large data centre in Texas. The dispute involved various time and cost disputes, including critical delay and defects.
• Acted for a Danish company in the negotiations with an Italian contractor regarding the supply of specialist equipment for a large project in Australia.
• Acted in an ICSID investor-state arbitration against the State of Kuwait on behalf of a Spanish contractor. The arbitration focused on common construction issues, such as delay, disruption and disputed variations, but also involved various breaches several Bilateral Investment Treaties. The amount in dispute was more than USD 300 million.
• Advised a joint venture comprising two large power companies as pre-litigation counsel regarding a power-plant dispute in the Philippines.
• Acted for the owner of a combined-cycle powerplant located in the United States in a claim by the Spanish contractor. The primary claims by both parties related to the early termination of the contractor and the amount in dispute was approximately USD 500 million.
• Acted for a Korean contractor on multiple UNICTRAL arbitrations arising out of disputes concerning the construction of a mine in Western Australia. The main arbitration was seated in Singapore with a governing law of Western Australia. Amount in dispute: over AUD 2 billion. Downstream arbitrations also had hundreds of millions in dispute and involve termination, misleading and deceptive conduct claims and breach of warranty claims.
• Acted in a large (over AUD 2 billion) off-shore LNG dispute involving repudiation and termination off the coast of northern Australia, including ancillary court-based urgent remedies. The dispute involved both domestic and foreign-owned consortia.
• Acted for an Australian contractor on a multinational dispute arising out of the construction of a process plant in Western Australia. The amount in dispute was over AUD 100 million and the dispute was under the ICC Rules.
• Acted as pre-litigation counsel for a large off-shore contractor. The dispute was settled but concerned delay, disruption, claimed variations and allegations of poor performance.
• Acted for a Dutch company on an urgent dispute involving a Chinese steel supplier and international shipping law.
• Acted in a multinational pipeline dispute based in Queensland under the IAMA arbitration rules.
• Acted as Counsel in the first Security of Payment Act dispute that was brought before the Supreme Court of Tasmania.
• Acted for a community group in a Federal Court dispute against Hydro Tasmania testing the law on ‘social licences’ for large-scale projects.

Adam Gregory is a construction disputes specialist widely recognised as a 'rising star' and 'future leader' in construction law. Adam works on disputes globally with a focus on APAC disputes and has advised clients on some of the largest regional disputes over his 15-year career.  Adam acts for both contractors and employers/owners, and has a particular interest in delay analyses and other technical construction dispute issues. 

Having worked exclusively on international construction arbitration for almost 15 years, Adam has successfully represented clients in some of the largest and most significant infrastructure disputes globally, including most recently:

• Acting for a Chinese SOE in respect of a refinery and petrochemical project in Malaysia.
• Advising a Korean contractor in respect of a large refinery project in Indonesia.
• Acting for a Spanish contractor in respect of several a waste-to-energy plant in the United Kingdom with disputes against the owner and several subcontractors and suppliers.
• Acting for a Korean contractor in respect of a clean energy facility in Thailand.

In representing such clients, Adam often appears as counsel before some of the most prestigious international arbitrators globally. 

Prior to being elevated to Partner, Adam was also lead associate for two of the largest construction / engineering companies globally (as a JV) in an ICC Arbitration seated in London. The project was based in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and involved the construction of the world’s largest new build petrochemical plant. The dispute spanned almost five years.

Having formerly worked at two international firms in while based in Australia, Adam has been with King & Spalding for over eight years. Although based primarily in the Singapore office, Adam has worked across dozens of different offices and regions in that time and continues to manage several global matters.

Adam is a Fellow of CIArb, a member of the Society of Construction law, and regularly writes on the topic of construction law. Adam has also been recently ranked by Lexology (formerly WWL) in its ‘Arbitration Future Leaders’ category.

In addition to his construction practice, Adam assists several pro-bono clients and manages the firm’s pro-bono relationship with Justice Without Borders, who provide assistance and advice to foreign domestic workers who have been mistreated in Singapore. Adam is also the founder of the Refugee Legal Service in Tasmania, and a former convenor of Australian Lawyers for Human Rights.