Do the deal
An independent and objective guide assisting in the conduct of large scale, complex procurement projects.
A neutral steward ensuring sole sourcing, exclusive deal negotiations and select tender processes are undertaken efficiently, ethically and defensibly.
Novel Procurements
Strategic Disposals
Complex Projects
Providing an even-handed, sensitive and pragmatic guiding hand, including in circumstances where traditional procurement tools and processes are not the right fit.
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Independent assessment of process viability​
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Strategic project-related land disposal​
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Efficient, agile and defensible process design and implementation, maintaining probity​
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Impartially guiding structured negotiations
Services
Pinpoint review and strategy confirmation
Conventional procurement processes may hit an iceberg for a number of reasons. At the first hint of a problem, seek an assurance review by an independent expert experienced in government procurement. This will provide clarity and comfort that you are on the right track, or a calm recommendation to change course, if warranted.
Structured mediation between negotiating parties
A mediator is commonly introduced into a matter when the parties have already done the deal and then fallen into dispute. However, as recognised by the International Mediation Institue, deal mediation at the front-end can assist the parties to arrive efficiently at an effective and sustainable agreement, setting the scene for long-term project success.
Process remediation
Tender processes are expensive to run and time consuming. Where a process has been compromised, in a worst case scenario, it may need to be "scrapped" and recommenced. If there is a way to salvage the process and the deal legally and in accordance with probity principles, DealsAssist will identify it and guide you through, with the benefit of objectivity that an external eye can bring.
About
DealsAssist was founded in 2025 by Kerry Gibson BA/LLB; MTAX, to provide independent, economical and practical legal procurement assistance to cost-conscious clients in both public and private sectors.
Kerry has years of experience working as a senior lawyer and probity advisor to government procurement and project teams, honing a solutions-focussed approach. Kerry has also acted as a front-end advisor to private clients drafting and negotiating high value construction contracts. Kerry is a member of the UDIA Logan Committee, Building Dispute Practitioners' Society Queensland Chapter and the Queensland Law Society.
