Theresa Le Bas > Tompkins Wake > Rotorua, New Zealand > Lawyer Profile
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Theresa Le Bas
Work Department
Environment and Resource Management | Local Government
Position
Partner
Career
Theresa is a partner at Tompkins Wake with more than 20 years’ experience in resource management and local government law in New Zealand and Australia.
Theresa joined Tompkins Wake in 2011and is a senior partner in the firm’s Environmental and Resource Management and Local Government and Public Law practices.
With a background in top tier, national law firms in both New Zealand and Australia, Theresa has extensive experience in large scale infrastructure, mining, energy and industrial projects, performing legal due diligence for national and international acquisitions as well as managing contaminated site issues across New Zealand, Victoria and Western Australia.
Theresa has guided several local authorities through significant plan changes, variations and plan reviews.
Theresa has acted for and advised:
Theresa was lead counsel in obtaining all required planning and
environmental approvals, and successfully concluding appeal
proceedings, for the following cases:
- Tauranga’s Routes P, J, K, Takatimu Drive Extension and second harbour crossing.
- Rosedale Wastewater Treatment Plant expansion and ocean outfall.
- Waihi Mining and Newmont Waihi’s expansion of mining activities in Waihi.
- Orica Australia’s sale of its former explosives reserve to the former Auckland Regional Council to establish the Waitawa Regional Park.
- WALS’ landfill establishment in Serpentine, Western Australia.
- Hanson’s Red Hill Quarry expansion in Perth, Western Australia.
- Successful conclusion of the appeal processes on the Rotorua Lakes and Waipa District Plans.
Memberships
Tompkins Wake, Board of Partners
Member of the Association for Resource Management Practitioners
Education
BA, LLB, LLM (Hons), University of Auckland
Lawyer Rankings
New Zealand > Projects and resources management (including environment)
The team at Tompkins Wake handles a range of mandates from rural infrastructure and development projects through to major city transport and wastewater projects and large-scale transactions. Based in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions, the practice routinely acts for local authorities, corporate clients and agri-tech companies. The practice is steered by Theresa Le Bas who is noted for her expertise in resource management and local government matters. Hamilton-based Bridget Parham is recommended for her experience in advising on resource management, environmental and local government law.