TransPerfect Legal, a leader in legal technology, AI, and advisory services, announced the appointment of Christian Breen to its growing Asia-Pacific team.
Based in Australia, Breen joins as Senior Director of Consulting, bringing expertise in construction and dispute resolution across Australia and New Zealand.
Breen will take a leadership role working alongside clients and internal teams to deliver practical, technology-enabled solutions across the full dispute and investigation lifecycle. He will help organizations manage large volumes of complex and fragmented data, streamline processes and achieve commercially focused outcomes. He will also collaborate with TransPerfect Legal’s global Construction Dispute Practice Group on high-stakes matters across the construction and infrastructure sector.
With nearly two decades of experience practicing construction and insurance law, Breen has built a reputation for advising on and resolving some of the most complex, high-value contentious matters across both private practice and in-house environments. Most recently, he served as Legal Lead ANZ for Complex Resolutions at a global infrastructure firm, where he advised on large-scale, sensitive projects from inception through resolution. His work routinely involved coordinating cross-functional teams of external counsel, internal legal stakeholders, technologists and commercial and delivery partners across multiple jurisdictions. He held direct responsibility for resolving claims worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
“What drew me to TransPerfect Legal is its ability to combine global scale with practical, technology-driven solutions for clients,” Breen said. “Having experienced firsthand the frustrations and pressures of running complex, high-stakes disputes, I’m motivated to leverage a new generation of tools and expertise to help clients avoid and resolve those challenges.”
TransPerfect President and Co-CEO Phil Shawe remarked, “AI and other technology solutions have become essential to how legal services are delivered. Christian’s experience will give our clients a significant strategic advantage in applying those technologies, particularly in such a data-intensive industry.”
