Kathryn Te’o
Special Counsel
Kathryn is Special Counsel at Ellem Warren Napa Lawyers, where she is currently seconded full-time as Senior Legal Counsel with Bravus Group. Bravus Group includes Bravus Mining & Resources, Bowen Rail Company, Abbot Point Operations and North Qld Expert Terminal.
Prior to being seconded into the in-house legal team at Bravus Group, Kathryn has worked for top-tier Australian law firms in Brisbane and Sydney and in-house at a NSW State government department (on secondment).
Kathryn has 13 years’ experience working as a construction lawyer and 20 years’ working in private practice law firms. As a specialist construction lawyer, Kathryn’s work focuses on resolving construction, infrastructure and mining disputes through traditional litigation or alternative dispute resolution including adjudication under the security of payments legislation (various States), expert determination, mediation or commercial domestic and international arbitration.
Kathryn has acted for principals, contractors, subcontractors, local, state and federal government in all types of complex transactions in both “front-end” and “back-end” work.
Currently studying a Masters in Construction Law at the University of Melbourne, Kathryn is a member of the Society of Construction Law Australia, National Association for Women in Construction (Queensland Chapter) and Women in Insolvency and Restructuring Queensland Inc.