Kate Muller
Norton Rose FulbrightAt Norton Rose Fulbright, practice co-head Claire Forster is a regulatory specialist with a strong focus on the energy industry. Forster also routinely advises network companies and retailers on supply legislation, including compliance and associated commercial, contractual and operational matters. Kate Muller is particularly skilled in advising on renewable energy generation, energy storage and network services related mandates. Concentrating on Western Australia-based transactions and project development, Ben Bradstreet (who moved from King & Wood Mallesons in early 2023) and Troy McKelvie are the key names in the Perth office. Dylan McKimmie co-heads the practice from Brisbane.
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Testimonials
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- 'Practical and strategic advice on approaching legal problems that takes into account desired outcomes.'
- 'The individuals are highly regarded by our business and seen as extremely valuable contributors.'
- 'Troy McKelvie - very practical and accessible partner with a good understanding of east coast gas markets and access matters.'
Key clients
- Chevron
- CWP Global
- TotalEnergies SE
- ENEOS Corporation
- NW Interconnected Power
- Woodside Energy Limited
- Vestas
- Arrow Energy
- Shell
- TransAlta Corporation
- Essential Energy
- Vena Energy
- ARENA
- JERA
Work highlights
- Acted in an electricity transmission PPP in Australia for NSW’s first Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) in the Central-West Orana region. The CWO REZ is approximately 20k square kilometres and will unlock 3 gigawatts of new network capacity by the mid-2020s, enough to power 1.4m homes.
- Advised Vestas – Australian Wind Technology Pty Ltd as contractor on the development of the Golden Plains Wind Farm in Victoria. The AU$3bn project will be the largest wind project in the southern Hemisphere. It is a clean energy project for Victoria and Australia and will comprise up to 215 wind turbines generating at total of 1,300MW.
- Advising a consortium led by Australia's CWP Global and Hong Kong-based Intercontinental Energy on an AU$100bn project to build the world's biggest renewable energy hub – comprising 50 GW of wind and solar capacity – on the southern coast of Western Australia. The so-called Western Green Energy Hub will create up to 3.5m tons of green hydrogen annually, which makes it one of the world's biggest projects of its kind.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Claire Forster, Dylan McKimmie