The construction, infrastructure and projects team at Hall & Wilcox has a focus on energy projects, social and affordable housing, and large-scale construction development. Team co-heads in Melbourne John O’Kane  and Mark Dessi have longstanding experience of the sector, handling both front- and back-end construction and development matters. Alex Hartmann joined the team from Baker McKenzie in August 2024.

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Key clients

  • NRMA Parks and Resorts
  • St Vincent’s Healthcare Limited and St Vincent’s Private Hospitals Limited
  • Crema Constructions Pty Ltd
  • Centuria Funds Management
  • Goldwind Australia
  • Altogether Group
  • AusNet Services
  • APA
  • BlueScope Steel
  • Community Housing Limited
  • Tetris Capital

Work highlights

  • Advising Community Housing (Vic) Limited as part of the successful Building Communities consortium in relation to the $800 million AUD Ground Lease 2 social and affordable housing project.
  • Acting for Australian steel manufacturer in relation to its development of a new metal coating line production facilities for its Australian business.
  • Acting for electricity transmission business in relation to the design, supply, installation, construction, operation and maintenance of transmission connection assets for the supply of high voltage electricity to a number of large-scale data centres.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

John O’Kane, Mark Dessi

Other key lawyers

Alex Hartmann