Australasia - Papua New Guinea
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Corrs Chambers Westgarth assists its clients on corporate, real estate, natural resources and commercial law matters in particular. Further, it has a strong projects practice and is experienced handling the scope of advisory and disputes work that can arise throughout the lifecycle of a project. Its clientele includes reputable domestic companies and global corporations, notable examples being the Bank of Papua New Guinea and Newcrest Mining. Practice head and commercial specialist Vaughan Mills has experience working on major natural resource and infrastructure projects, as well as on key finance and transactional mandates. Ryan Warokra is regularly instructed to advise on corporate and M&A, banking and finance, IT, and manufacturing-relating matters. At associate level, Lisa Kudada is noted for her commercial work.
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Testimonials
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‘Corrs have a very strong and integrated practice based in both PNG and Australia. Its depth of experience and understanding is a critically important strength of the Corrs team. They are knowledgeable, commercial and practical in approach.’
‘Vaughan Mills is trusted adviser when it comes to PNG matters, particularly major projects. He is experienced, practical, commercial and very familiar with the country's circumstances and culture.'
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Key clients
- TotalEnergies E&P PNG Limited
- Newcrest Mining and Harmony Gold
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Work highlights
- Acted for TotalEnergies as operator of the USD $13 billion Papua LNG Project defending litigation by landowners within the project footprint who had challenged the validity of petroleum tenements required for the project.
- Advising one of the world’s largest gold miners, Newcrest Mining, and South Africa's third-largest gold producer, Harmony Gold, on the world class Wafi-Golpu Project, a proposed underground copper/gold mine.
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