Geoff Wood is a partner in the Sydney office of Baker & McKenzie where he specialises in Construction, Infrastructure and Major Projects. With more than 25 years' experience, Geoff is recognised as one of Australia's leading construction lawyers and is experienced in all aspects of the negotiation, documentation and administration of major construction, civil engineering, resources, defence and privately funded infrastructure projects, together with alliancing and the outsourcing of maintenance and other functions.

Practice Focus

Geoff has extensive experience in major infrastructure, construction, defence contracting, alliancing and public/private partnership projects. He is often engaged in landmark and multi-billion dollar projects and is widely recognised as one of Australia's leading construction and infrastructure lawyers. He is named in numerous legal directories, including as a Leading Individual in Construction in Asia Pacific Legal 500, 2008/2009 and 2010/2011, and as Highly Recommended in PLC Which lawyer?, 2011. Sources describe Geoff as "a statesman on the front-end side, with a wealth of experience and a very strong understanding of the industry" Chambers Asia Pacific, 2012. He is also listed in Best Lawyers International: Australia for construction/infrastructure for all years from 2008-2011.

Representative Legal Matters

• Acted for major international consortia in the construction, operation and maintenance of desalination plants throughout Australia. 
• Acted on some of Australia's largest ever public-private-partnership deals. 
• Acted on multi-billion dollar on-shore and off-shore construction developments. 
• Acted for State governments and some of Australia's largest, most prestigious, construction and infrastructure entities on landmark infrastructure works. 
• Acted for contractors on some of Australia's largest military construction and through-life support projects

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Law Society of New South Wales
• International Bar Association - Section on Energy, Natural Resources & Infrastructure Law
• Infrastructure Partnerships Australia - Water Taskforce
• Alliancing Association of Australasia

Admission

High Court of Australia~Australia (1982)
New South Wales~Australia (1982)

Education

Sydney University  (LL.B.) (1982)
Sydney University  (B.A.) (1980)