Legal team support
Overflow and interim capacity; matter triage and reporting; legal function processes; external counsel management; executive and board-ready advice.
Legal and Commercial Support
Practical legal advice. Commercial outcomes.
Senior construction and infrastructure legal support for in-house General Counsel and construction businesses, from tender through to final account.
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Years across senior in-house and top-tier private practice
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Core service lines from tender to dispute
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Infrastructure and building sectors
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Engagement models: matter, project, retainer or embedded
01 — Why Hoyden Advisory
Experienced judgment, embedded where it matters.
Hoyden Advisory helps clients make sound commercial decisions, manage legal and contractual risk, strengthen governance and resolve issues before they become expensive disputes.
- A25+ years across senior in-house and top-tier private practice roles.
- BExecutive-level perspective informed by experience as General Counsel, Company Secretary and group compliance leadership.
- CEnd-to-end construction capability from tender strategy and contracting through delivery, claims and disputes.
- DPractical advice translated into clear options, decisions, actions and project controls.
- EFlexible matter-based, project, retainer or embedded support.
02 — Support calibrated to client needs
Multiple offerings. One high standard of advice.
Flexible senior capacity for workload peaks, specialist construction matters, major tenders and claims, governance improvement and legal function support.
- Senior capacity without permanent headcount.
- Cover workload peaks, leave, vacancies and major matters.
- Provide specialist construction and infrastructure advice.
- Improve governance, compliance, assurance and reporting.
- Develop precedents, playbooks, guidance and training.
- Interface credibly with executives, boards, projects and external counsel.
Commercially proportionate assistance with contract review, negotiation, project delivery, payment protection, claims and dispute resolution.
- Protect margin, cash flow and contractual rights.
- Review contracts and prepare commercially focused departures.
- Support negotiation of risk allocation, security and payment terms.
- Set contract administration routines, notices and evidence requirements.
- Prepare variations, EOTs, payment claims and responses.
- Develop proportionate dispute, recovery and settlement strategies.
03 — Core services
From tender to final account.
Tendering & contracts
Risk reviews, departures and negotiation; D&C, construct, EPC/EPCM, ECI, alliance, ITC, PPP, O&M, partnering, managing contractor, project management, consultancy, subcontract and supply, ancillary documents.
Project delivery
Contract administration strategy; delivery playbooks and manuals, notices and claims; EOTs, variations, payment, defects and termination; access deeds; reporting and escalation processes.
Claims & disputes
Claims preparation and assessment; security of payment and adjudications; negotiation, settlement, mediation and expert determination; litigation and arbitration management.
Governance & compliance
Governance frameworks; policies and delegations; board and committee support; ASIC/ASX support; compliance assurance, registers and regulator engagement.
Commercial & risk
Commercial strategy; risk allocation and workshops; insurance and insolvency support; joint ventures, consortiums, teaming and third-party risk.
Integrity & supply chain
Modern slavery; anti-bribery and corruption; whistleblowing, privacy, probity, supplier screening, licensing, WHS and procurement compliance.
Training & capability
Tailored executive, tender, project and procurement training; contract management academies; templates, guidance notes and practical toolkits.
RoadsRailBridgesOil & GasMiningEnergyDefenceAirportsPorts & WharvesWaterGreen & WasteCommercialHealthEducationTourismStadiumsSocial HousingData CentresTelecommunications
04 — Project experience
Tender, delivery and dispute experience on landmark projects.
- Sydney Harbour BridgeUpgrade, maintenance & remediationBridges
- WestConnexMotorwayRoad
- Western Sydney AirportAirport infrastructureAirport
- Sydney Metro & Inland RailMajor rail programsRail
- Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2Post-tensioningRail
- North East Link & Sydney GatewayMajor road infrastructureRoad
- Victoria Bridge, Brisbane MetroBridge worksBridges
- Batemans Bay & Richmond River BridgesBridge deliveryBridges
- Warragamba Dam Wall RaisingWater infrastructureWater
- Wivenhoe Dam RemediationDam remediationWater
- Fremantle Ports & Port BotanyBerth upgrades & contractsPorts
- INPEX IchthysLNGOil & Gas
- BHPB Port Hedland CapexMining infrastructureMining
- Gladstone & Collie Power StationsPower generationEnergy
- Northern Beaches Hospital PPPDeliveryHealth
- Sunshine Coast University Hospital PPPPublic-private partnershipHealth
- HMAS Albatross & RAAF WilliamtownRedevelopmentsDefence
- McDonald Jones & WIN StadiumsSocial infrastructureStadiums
05 — Founder
Tina Funge
Founder & Principal
Tina is a construction lawyer with more than 25 years' experience across top-tier private practice and senior in-house roles, including as General Counsel, Company Secretary and Executive Leadership Team member of a major French-owned construction group.
During her time at Australia's largest construction group, she sat on the Tender Review Management Committee alongside the Group CEO, COO and CLO, overseeing risk and tender strategy across its operating companies, and led group compliance. She has advised on projects across transport, health, education, defence, marine, water, energy, mining, oil and gas, and residential sectors using a wide range of procurement models.
Tina teaches Construction Law at the University of New South Wales and co-lectures Managing Legal Risk in Construction in the University of Melbourne's construction law masters program. Her PhD research at UTS examines the institutional influences on government's choice of contracts for major infrastructure.
Education
- PhD Candidate (Infrastructure Contracting), UTS
- Masters of Construction Law, 1st Class Hons, UniMelb
- Post-Grad Cert International Law, 1st Class Hons, QUT
- Bachelor of Laws (Hons), QUT
- Bachelor of Arts, UQ
Admissions
- Australian Practising Certificate
- Solicitor, Supreme Court of NSW
- Solicitor, High Court of Australia
- Solicitor, Supreme Court of QLD
- Green Star Accredited Professional
Career
2025 –
General Counsel & Company Secretary
Specialist civil engineering & remedial contractor (ANZ)
2022 – 25
PhD Candidate
University of Technology Sydney
2019 – 21
Group Manager Compliance & Senior Legal Counsel
CIMIC Group
2015 – 19
Senior Legal Counsel
CPB Contractors
2015
Special Counsel
Addisons
2012 – 15
Senior Legal Counsel
Transfield
2010 – 12
Corporate Counsel
Laing O'Rourke
2004 – 10
Senior Associate
Baker & McKenzie
1998 – 04
Solicitor
Carter Newell, Blake Dawson Waldron, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Recognition
- 2020Commended, Brooking Essay Prize, Society of Construction Law Australia
- 2017–19Highly Commended, Brooking Essay Prize, SOCLA
- 2017Legal 500 Power List In-House Counsel Team, CPB Contractors
- 2013DLA Piper Subject Prize, Construction Contract Analysis & Drafting, UniMelb
- 2011Clayton Utz Subject Prize, Advanced Construction Law, UniMelb
- 2011Lawyers Weekly In-House Legal Team of the Year, Laing O'Rourke
Selected publications
- 2020Should parent companies be primarily liable to pay on demand for the acts of their contractor subsidiaries? SOCLA
- 2020Out-of-pocket security, out of control? International Construction Law Review
- 2018Do early contractor involvement contracts used in NSW government projects promote legitimate collaboration? SOCLA
- 2017Terrorism as an unforeseen intervening event in international construction projects SOCLA
- 2015Knock for knock indemnities: are they appropriate for on-shore infrastructure projects? Lexology
- 2015Fitness for purpose warranties vs. detailed specifications Lexology
06 — How we engage
Flexible support, structured around you.
Matter-based
Defined scope for a specific contract, claim, review or dispute.
Project
Support across a tender or delivery phase, aligned to project milestones.
Retainer
Ongoing access to senior advice for predictable, budgeted support.
Embedded
On-site or interim capacity inside your legal or commercial team.
07 — Contact