Public–private-partnership and PFI specialist Josh Marchant has joined the Melbourne construction and infrastructure team of Herbert Geer. Marchant will lead the team from September, working with recently appointed major projects partner Andrew Venables on projects such as the A$1.1bn Royal North Shore Hospital development.

Herbert Geer said the members of the C&I team have successfully transitioned their major clients across to the firm in the year since the team was formed. The transition has enabled Herbert Geer to grow the practice by more than 30% in that time, due to its increased resources.

Marchant’s appointment is a further step towards the firm’s goal of creating a fully integrated east coast construction and projects team. Joining the firm from Maddocks, he has worked on a number of major projects and is currently advising the design and construct JV as part of one of the bidding parties for the A$750m Peninsula Link road project being procured by the Victorian government.