Kenneth Hickman's practice is focused on large-scale construction, infrastructure, mining, energy, and transport projects. He has acted for owners and contractors in Australia and Southeast Asia in arbitration (ICC, SIAC, LMAA, SCMA), litigation, mediation, and expert determination.
Mr Hickman has also been engaged by clients prior to initiating formal legal proceedings to investigate and minimise claims and disputes, and he has significant experience in Australia acting for owners and contractors in high-value adjudications under various security of payment legislation throughout Australia.
Mr Hickman has particular experience running complex and high-value international commercial arbitrations, seated around the world under various institutional rules.
Mr Hickman joined Jones Day in March 2015 and became a partner of its global disputes practice in January 2018. Prior to Jones Day, Mr Hickman worked for international law firms in Melbourne and Singapore. He has diverse experience across multiple industry and government sectors having served previous secondments with an ASX-listed mining services company and a statutory authority delivering a multi-billion dollar transport project in Victoria. He also worked with the Regional Rail Link Authority in Victoria during the procurement phase on a $4.3 billion rail infrastructure project.
