At Norton Rose Fulbright, Lisa Koch in Sydney jointly leads the team together with Gavin Scott in Brisbane, whose work centres around mining and petroleum projects. The group is particularly active in critical minerals within the battery sector, as well as being heavily involved in deep-sea mining. The team adopts a multidisciplinary approach, and hosts a range of practice area expertise, including disputes and M&A transactions. Keira Brennan is a go-to practitioner in the team for joint ventures in the energy sector.

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  • ‘They are able to create a team with the appropriate expertise for each transaction throughout their global network. They also put LegalTech into great use, efficiently managing large volume document review and transaction progress.’

Key clients

  • Anglo American
  • Shell Australia
  • Chevron
  • Tokyo Gas
  • Snowy Hydro
  • Ampol
  • Bright Energy Investments
  • Arrow Energy
  • bp
  • South32
  • BHP
  • ExxonMobil
  • ENEOS
  • TotalEnergies
  • Australian Vanadium Limited

Work highlights

  • Advised Tokyo Gas on the sell down of its minority interest across 4 LNG projects, including Gorgon, Ichtys, Pluto and QCLNG to US based private equity firm EIG.
  • Advised Queensland-based mining company, Stanmore Resources Limited (Stanmore), on its acquisition of BHP’s 80% interest in BHP Mitsui Coal (BMC) and subsequent acquisition of Mitsui’s 20% interest in BMC.
  • Advising Australian Vanadium Limited (AVL) on the development and financing (including grant funding) of its Australian Vanadium project in Western Australia.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Lisa Koch, Gavin Scott

Other key lawyers

Keira Brennan