Hailed by clients as ‘knowledgeable, approachable and responsive’, the team at Jones Day displays deep bench strength across a broad range of matters, including M&A, financing transactions and mining and pipelines. Specialising in energy, gas, electricity and utilities, practice head Dan Howard continues to advise Coronado Curragh on its waste coal methane extraction. Transactional specialists Tony Wassaf and Darren Murphy concentrate on legislative and policy related issues, and are particularly adept at drafting and negotiating commercial agreements and joint ventures.
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'Small teams with specialised knowledge of their areas of expertise.'
- 'Knowledgeable, approachable, responsive.'
- 'Jones Day has provided excellent support in respect of our company's new energy project. The team has provided clear and commercial advice and drafting on project agreements, which reflects both their technically competence and in-depth understanding of our company's commercial drivers.'
Key clients
- CleanCo Queensland Limited
- Esprey Limited
- Yara Pilbara Fertilisers Pty Ltd (Yara)
- Mirae Asset Global Investments Holdings Ltd and Global X Management Company Inc
- Slipstream Resources Pty Ltd
- Thunderbird Operations Pty Ltd
- Mineral Deposits (Operations) Pty Ltd
- Coronado Curragh
- Idemitsu Australia Pty Ltd
- Scramble Resources Corp
Work highlights
- Advising Yara Pilbara Fertilisers Pty Ltd on a proposed hydrogen and ammonia production facility in respect of its ammonia plant in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
- Advised Scentre Group on its major long-term renewable electricity procurement project.
- Advising CleanCo Queensland on the implications for its gas trading business as a result of the introduction of the Federal government’s emergency gas price cap and reasonable pricing provisions.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Dan Howard