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Building & Construction Lawyer

Our building and construction lawyers possess substantial expertise in representing clients across New South Wales. We work with an extensive range of stakeholders within the building sector, delivering tailored legal solutions for their specific requirements.

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We deliver comprehensive and targeted advice for commercial builders, property owners, architects, surveyors, and numerous other professionals supplying services or working within the commercial building and construction sector.

Commercial Building & Construction

Our commercial building and construction lawyers have extensive experience. We assist a broad variety of parties involved in the building industry with their legal needs.

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We provide quality and specific advice for both commercial builders, landowners, architects, surveyors and many others supplying or employed in the commercial building and construction industry.

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  • Commercial Building Contract Review & Drafting

  • Commercial Building Dispute Resolution

  • Commercial Subcontractor/Contractor Matters

  • Adjudication under SOP Act provisions

  • Comprehensive advice on the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW)

  • Construction conflict resolution

  • Expert determination proceedings

  • Litigation services (including complex multi-party disputes)

  • Mediation and arbitration processes

  • Time-based claim management (prolongation claims, disruption costs, acceleration expenses, and liquidated damages)

  • Variation claim management

  • Defective workmanship claim resolution

  • Property Development Projects & Joint Ventures

  • Finance Arrangements & Second Mortgages & Alternative Funding Solutions

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Residential Building & Construction

Our domestic building lawyers are highly experienced in a broad variety of matters involving many combinations of parties involved in residential building.

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Whether you are looking to build or renovate your own home as a landowner, you are developing an investment property, you are a builder, a contractor or you provide other services or materials in the building industry, we can help.

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Our building legal services include:

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  • Residential Building Contract Review, Advice & Drafting

  • Domestic Building Dispute Resolution

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

  • Applications to and/or defending proceedings at NCAT

If you need advice on a New South Wales building or construction matter, Merlo Law can assist with practical legal guidance tailored to your project, contract and commercial priorities. Whether you are facing a building dispute, contract issue, defective work claim, delay, variation, payment dispute or regulatory concern, our NSW building and construction lawyers can help you understand your rights and take the next step with confidence.

Address

Level 5, 115 Pitt Street

Sydney NSW 2000

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Mon - Fri

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Saturday

By Appointment Only

​Sunday

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QLD SERVICES​

Contract drafting and review

Commercial document preparation

Security of Payment (BIF Act)

Adjudication and payment claims

Dispute resolution and litigation

Mediation and arbitration

QBCC licensing and disputes

Project risk management

Tender process guidance

Defective work claims

WHS and environmental law

Employment and industrial relations

Insolvency and restructuring

Property development law

Professional negligence claims

Body Corporate legal advice

NSW SERVICES​

Contract drafting and review

Commercial document preparation

Security of Payment (SOP Act)

Adjudication and payment claims

Dispute resolution and litigation

Mediation and arbitration

NSW Fair Trading licensing and disputes

Project risk management

Tender process guidance

Defective work claims (Home Building Act)

WHS (SafeWork) and environmental law

Employment and industrial relations

Insolvency and restructuring

Property development law

Professional negligence claims (DBP Act)

Strata and Community Title advice

NEW SOUTH WALES

02 8252 8752

info@merlolaw.com.au

Level 5, 115 Pitt Street

Sydney NSW 2000

OPEN HOURS

Mon - Fri

9am - 5pm

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Sat - Sun     

By appointment only

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Individual liability limited by a scheme approved under professional standards legislation.

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