Dan Howard > Jones Day > Sydney, Australia > Lawyer Profile

Jones Day
AURORA PLACE
LEVEL 41, 88 PHILLIP STREET
SYDNEY, NSW 2000
Australia

Career

Dan Howard focuses his practice on energy and resources law with an emphasis on electricity, gas, mining, water, and utilities projects. He has been involved in the development of some of Australia’s largest electricity, renewables, gas, and mining projects as well as numerous acquisitions and sales of electricity, gas, mining, and infrastructure projects. Dan advises on project development, regulatory issues, commodity contracts, and infrastructure arrangements including port and rail, and is consistently recognized by clients and independent directories for his work, including multiple listings in Australian Financial Review’s Best Lawyers. 

Dan regularly acts for companies on renewable energy projects to secure carbon pollution reduction through renewable energy sources. This work includes renewable project development for wind, solar, hydro, and battery storage. Dan has in-depth knowledge of the electricity industry in Australia and the rules governing the industry that help clients to navigate complex regulatory approvals and to achieve compliant structuring. He has extensive experience in all forms of renewable electricity offtake arrangements including arrangements that involve energy storage.

Lawyer Rankings

Australia > Energy (transactions and regulatory)

Hailed by clients as ‘knowledgeable, approachable and responsive’, the team at Jones Day displays deep bench strength across a broad range of matters, including M&A, financing transactions and mining and pipelines. Specialising in energy, gas, electricity and utilities, practice head Dan Howard continues to advise Coronado Curragh on its waste coal methane extraction. Transactional specialists Tony Wassaf and Darren Murphy concentrate on legislative and policy related issues, and are particularly adept at drafting and negotiating commercial agreements and joint ventures.

Australia > Natural resources (transactions and regulatory)

Jones Day is praised for its technical excellence and its ‘market-leading expertise in respect of natural gas’, which is a key strength of the team. Former practice head Andrew Smith retired in November, and subsequently Dan Howard took on the role of leading the ‘small but powerful team‘ out of the firm’s Brisbane office, bringing a significant amount of expertise in the areas of electricity, mining and infrastructure projects to the practice. Tony Wassaf is a key name to note for mining pipeline matters.