Karliana Reid
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Karliana Reid

Lawyer

Email

karliana.reid@aoshearman.com

Phone

+618 6315 5959

Offices

Perth

V-CARD
Karliana primarily acts for natural resources clients with a particular focus on oil and gas, mining and construction disputes.
Her experience has seen her deal with a diversity of complex matters both interstate and overseas, and across industries including natural resources, construction, financial services and insurance. This experience includes both litigation conducted in all Australian courts, as well as international arbitration proceedings under institutional rules.

Experience

Representative matters

  • Advising a multinational supermajor oil and gas company on eligibility of force majeure relief of Gas Sales Agreement arising from a failure of well facilities. 
  • Advising a large Australian mining contractor in relation to a dispute with the owner of a mine in Western Australia involving set-off for a payment claim for labour, overhaul and underhaul related costs. 
  • Advising an Indonesian energy company on a joint venture dispute regarding liability for abandonment costs in the Supreme Court of Victoria.

Pro bono

  • Assisting an owner in negotiations with their builder where it attempted to assert an entitlement to onerously and substantially increase costs under a residential building contract based on increased supply costs due to Covid-19.
  • Providing pro bono advice to a client with disabilities regarding an appeal to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for access to the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations

Board Member and Editorial Officer, Victorian Society for Computers and Law, 2019 – 2021

Qualifications

Admissions

Supreme Court of Victoria, 2020
 
High Court of Australia, 2021

Academic

Bachelor of Fine Arts, The University of Calgary, 2013
 
Juris Doctor in Law, The University of Melbourne, 2019

Languages

English
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.