Brendan Quinn > White & Case > Melbourne, Australia > Lawyer Profile

Consistently advising on significant energy projects, White & Case‘s sizeable energy team have advised on novel domestic wind farm projects. Leading the project finance team, Brendan Quinn works alongside his Melbourne colleagues Andrew Clark, global head of energy and infrastructure, and head of mining, John Tivey, on an array of high-value transactions. Sydney’s Chris Flynn acts for numerous global blue-chip clients and governments on energy, resources and infrastructure transactions and projects, particularly in the upstream, LNG, renewable and non-renewable power sectors.

John Tivey, Christopher Flynn, Joel Rennie, and Jared Muller are the quartet leading the White & Case team, which operates across all areas of energy, oil and gas, and mining projects, and often appears in international projects. Brendan Quinn has a strong project finance practice, which lends itself to energy projects or matters with a financial aspect to them. Emblematic of the team more widely, Flynn advises Australian and multinational companies on transactions and projects in an array of sectors including upstream and LNG.

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.

With a reputation for being ‘a real powerhouse in the energy sector’, White & Case Pte. Ltd. ’s project development and finance team is well known for its work within oil and gas and petrochemicals sectors, and is adept at handling infrastructure and energy transition projects. The group is well placed to assist major international developers, financial institutions, and government entities, often spanning multiple jurisdictions, with project acquisitions, financings and developments. Brendan Quinn and Andrew Clark jointly head the practice out of the firm’s Melbourne office; Saul Daniel, Nettie Choo, Fergus Smith, and Tim Fourteau are key practitioners in Singapore.