Sheldon Garcia is a Partner in HWL Ebsworth’s Building and Construction group in the Sydney office.
Sheldon’s focus is on dispute resolution and litigation and has worked with a range of participants in the construction industry including builders, developers, building professionals, expert witnesses, strata schemes and proprietors.
Sheldon has been closely involved with the project management and internal legal teams of several major contractors, including being seconded twice to assist in the preparation of significant claims to the principals of the projects. Sheldon has been able to get an insider’s view of how things are done and has been able to develop legal strategies to enable the achievement of commercial objectives.
Sheldon has specialised expertise and experience in claims and defences of claims regarding residential building defects / home warranty insurance under the residential building legislation, having acted in over 60 matters on behalf of owners corporations, builders, developers, architects and other building professionals.
Sheldon has advised several NSW Government entities. Such work included advising on procurement and governance issues, assisting in the procurement of goods and services (ranging from $100k to tens of millions), drafting and revising contracts based on the template suite, negotiations with suppliers and contractors and drafting, advising and negotiating with global IT suppliers in relation to Procure IT and ICTA agreements.