PESA ACT/NSW August Technical Talk

Guest Speaker(s): Caterina Meduri

Caterina is a commercial litigator with over 10 years’ experience in commercial litigation across various state and federal courts and tribunals, including alternative dispute resolution methods such as arbitrations.

She has acted in a number of high value, complex, multi-party disputes for the firm’s major clients. These clients range from ASX listed corporations to smaller corporations, non-corporate entities and high net-worth individuals.

Caterina acts in small, medium and large complex matters, some of which have extra-territorial issues.

Caterina’s experience includes:

• contractual disputes, including advising on contractual obligations and possible actions against contracting parties;
• corporate disputes arising from the corporations legislation framework, including claims concerning directors’ duties, shareholder oppression, misleading and deceptive conduct and unconscionable conduct; and
• equitable claims, such as breaches of fiduciary duties and claims in restitution.

Relevant Experience

• Caterina’s experience has been predominantly in the energy and resources sector and some notable matters include:
• acting for minority shareholders in proceedings concerning a federal minister’s decision not to renew a statutory mineral lease;
• acting for a contractor concerning the engineering, procurement and construction of a gas fired power station in a dispute with the owner; and
• concurrent arbitration proceedings for an energy and resources sector client arising out of two engineering, procurement and construction contracts for the upgrade of two power stations where costs and liquidated damages were in the vicinity of $29 million.
• Caterina is known for her efficient management of complex disputes and her analytical, considered and committed approach to matters on which she works.