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Paul Starr heads the department at King & Wood Mallesons. He has a strong practice representing clients in a range of contentious construction matters.
Paul Starr is highly regarded for his work on major arbitrations in the construction, infrastructure and pharmaceutical sectors. He is also equipped to handle disputes relating to loan repayments, as well as joint venture disagreements.
Paul Starr is best known for handling contentious construction and infrastructure matters, as well as insolvency disputes. He is head of King & Wood Mallesons' dispute resolution practice in Hong Kong, with additional strengths in arbitration.
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"Paul is an outstanding strategist in particular, with a very good ability to see things from a broader perspective and then bring the plan down to the micro level where you know exactly what's expected of you."
"Paul is strategic, smart, insightful and commercial. For some years he has been recognised as the best choice for dispute resolution in construction, infrastructure and industrials, and is particularly renowned for hands-down wins in disputes with governments and public bodies."
"When you enter the ring for a dispute, Paul is who you want in your corner. With his strategic brilliance widely acknowledged by clients and peers, Paul is Asia's star infrastructure dispute resolver."
"He's got a first-class reputation for construction disputes; no doubt, Paul Starr is a legend in that space."
"He is superbly placed to optimally marshal and mobilise the firm's very impressive international resources, which he does with masterful assurance. He is strategic, smart, insightful and commercial."
"Paul is the expert in this field. He is able to grasp the issues very quickly and provide sound advice."
"He has been out there for decades and he knows the local market better than anyone else I know, especially with construction work. That knowledge gives him a unique perspective on case strategy, how to run things and how things will end up."
"Paul is an outstanding strategist in particular, with a very good ability to see things from a broader perspective and then bring the plan down to the micro level where you know exactly what's expected of you."
"Paul is strategic, smart, insightful and commercial. For some years he has been recognised as the best choice for dispute resolution in construction, infrastructure and industrials, and is particularly renowned for hands-down wins in disputes with governments and public bodies."
"When you enter the ring for a dispute, Paul is who you want in your corner. With his strategic brilliance widely acknowledged by clients and peers, Paul is Asia's star infrastructure dispute resolver."
"He's got a first-class reputation for construction disputes; no doubt, Paul Starr is a legend in that space."
"He is superbly placed to optimally marshal and mobilise the firm's very impressive international resources, which he does with masterful assurance. He is strategic, smart, insightful and commercial."
"Paul is the expert in this field. He is able to grasp the issues very quickly and provide sound advice."
"He has been out there for decades and he knows the local market better than anyone else I know, especially with construction work. That knowledge gives him a unique perspective on case strategy, how to run things and how things will end up."
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