How we can help
The energy and resources sector is under pressure to do two things at once: keep essential assets operating in an increasingly regulated environment, and reposition their portfolios for a lower‑carbon future. Policy settings such as the Safeguard Mechanism, intensifying safety and environmental enforcement, and competition for capital are forcing faster, more defensible decisions.
We work with PE, infrastructure and institutional funds, ASX-listed and multinational companies, renewable developers, miners, services companies, financiers, off-takers, government bodies and regulators across renewables, BESS, conventional energy, upstream and mid-stream gas and gas infrastructure, mining (critical minerals, base and precious metals), oil and gas, LNG, hydrogen, bio-fuels and decarbonisation.
Across all of these we bring our global and local expertise in real estate, planning, environmental, finance, hedging, complex joint venture and project structuring to deliver in highly scrutinised markets.
Our edge is judgement under pressure. We help clients keep critical assets operating while navigating regulatory risk, enforcement scrutiny and carbon exposure and move decisively when investing in transition and low‑carbon projects. By integrating corporate, financing, regulatory and disputes capability, we support clients through transactions, approvals and disputes where delay, uncertainty or missteps carry real commercial consequences.
Experience
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Carbon Logica
Advised on the acquisition of Moranbah Power Station in Queensland and lease the power station to a Queensland group company of listed ASX company QPM Energy and on the expansion of the Ironbark waste gas to power plant in Queensland from 5MW to 20MW. -
Soul Patts
Advised on a $40m investment in North Harbour Clean Energy, an Australian developer of large-scale battery energy storage (BESS) projects, structured through convertible redeemable preference shares. -
Brazilian Rare Earths
Advised on a binding 10-year supply offtake agreement with Carester SAS for heavy rare earth materials, supporting BRE's strategy to establish Brazil as a hub for rare earth production. Cross-border matter involving Brazil and France. -
Chief Inspector of Coal Mines Queensland
Acted for the State mining regulator in successfully defending appeals challenging safety directives at Peak Downs Coal Mine, a test case with implications for the Queensland coal mining industry. -
Sumisho Coal Australia (Sumitomo)
Advising on the investment in Loop Decarbonisation Solutions, a company that extracts and captures methane from coal mines to reduce fugitive emissions and assist with meeting Australian safeguarding requirements under the National Greenhouse Energy Reporting Act 2007. -
State of Queensland
Acted in Supreme Court proceedings against Fortescue Hydrogen Systems Australia to recover approximately $66m in funding provided under the State’s Hydrogen Industry Strategy, raising novel issues on contractual loss where government funding is directed to public interest objectives.