Herbert Smith Freehills LLP' has broad expertise which spans the full gamut of issues relating to energy, renewables, utilities and resources. Robert Merrick has longstanding experience in M&A in the oil and gas industry, project development and finance, and commodity trading. In the past year, Stuart Barrymore advised BHP Petroleum on the processing of its Scarborough gas into LNG through the third party Pluto facilities and sanction of the Upstream project. Nick Baker and Jay Leary co-head the energy and mining sub-departments respectively, and Robert Nicholson is a key senior member of the team who is known for his longstanding corporate expertise.
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Key clients
- AGL Energy Limited
- Alinta
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Work highlights
- Acted for IGO Limited on its acquisition of 100% of the shares in Western Areas Limited by way of scheme of arrangement. The scheme involved cash consideration of A$3.87 cash per share (increased from an initial A$3.36 cash per share), which valued Western Areas at approximately A$1.26bn.
- Advised BP on its investment in the proposed Asian Renewable Energy Hub. Acquisition of 40.5 percent share, bp will also operate the project based in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.
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