The team at White & Case advises on numerous large projects in Asia and Australia, including construction and infrastructure projects, as well as major energy projects. The group exhibits deep expertise in land access and secondary market sales in relation to both greenfield and brownfield projects. Brendan Quinn, Joel Rennie, and Ged Cochrane jointly lead the team with Quinn having vast experience in advising on the financing of offshore wind farms, Rennie acting for a number of renewable energy companies in refinancing matters, and Chochrane having deep knowledge of acquisition finance and revenue contract related issues.

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Testimonials

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'The key strengths are commerciality of the team, response timeframes, understanding instructions and high-quality legal drafting.'
'A standout partner is Joel Rennie and a standout senior associate is Isabella Jarrett.'
'On top of professionalism, the team takes the interest of the project as a priority and adopts a unique client-oriented approach.'
'Excellent market knowledge. Experts in their practice, with good level of coordination with the rest of the teams.'

Key clients

WestWind Energy
Macquarie Capital
Igneo – Lal lal wind farms acquisition
Neoen
HyperOne
Perdaman Urea Plant
Igneo – Mac Arthur Wind Farm
Nexif Portfolio
Victorian Desalination Plant
CIP Offshore wind
MidOcean - Origin acquisition
Malabar financing
Orion - Thunderbirds mineral sands
FRV Genesis JV - NZ

Work highlights

Advised WestWind Energy (TagEnergy) on the development and project financing of the A$2bn, 756 MW initial stage of the 1,300 MW Golden Plains Wind Farm in Rokewood in Victoria, Australia.
Advising Macquarie Capital, the advisory, capital markets and principal investment arm of Macquarie Group, in connection with its investment in Phil-Tower Consortium Inc (PhilTower) to support PhilTower’s acquisition of up to 1,350 towers from Globe Telecom.
Advised Neoen on the development and project financing of the Capital Battery, a 100 MW/200 MWh lithium-ion battery storage facility near Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).