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Nick Crennan
Partner
Since becoming partner in the Construction & Engineering team in 1999, Nick has been a cornerstone of its success. He demonstrated his exceptional leadership as Managing Partner from 2017 to 2025.
Overview
During his tenure as Managing Partner, Nick played a pivotal role in shaping Colin Biggers & Paisley’s national presence. Under his leadership, the practice successfully navigated complex economic cycles, a global pandemic and a rapidly evolving legal landscape.
Nick uses a wide range of resolution methods, including structured negotiation, conciliation, mediation, adjudication, expert appraisal or determination and commercial arbitration. He leads an energetic, enthusiastic and highly skilled team of professionals on complex projects and disputes in Australia, as well as overseas.
He advises and acts for businesses and professionals involved in construction, infrastructure and resources projects. His expertise is in helping clients prevent or manage obstacles, disputes and other challenges which arise in projects and in developing and executing strategies to resolve them. Where resolution has been elusive, Nick has significant experience litigating to judgement.
His expertise is widely recognised. In 2015, Doyle's Guide listed Nick as a recommended construction lawyer NSW. He was also named in Doyle's Guide 2016 and 2018 as a recommended construction and infrastructure lawyer in NSW. In the 2019 to 2026 editions of The Best Lawyers in Australia, Nick is recognised as a leading alternative dispute resolution, and construction and infrastructure lawyer.
Nick holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from The Australian National University and was admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales and to the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 1987. He is also admitted to practice in the High Court of Australia.
