With a particularly active energy practice, Corrs Chambers Westgarth is well known in the energy market for advising on acquisitions and divestments, joint ventures, and project and infrastructure developments. The team’s well-established client base includes both private companies and government bodies in the oil and gas, LNG, utilities, renewables and transmission sectors. The practice group is led by the experienced Tracey Greenaway, who is based in Perth, and is particularly well placed to advise on joint ventures and project development transactions. Peter Jarosek has longstanding experience in handling large-scale gas and LNG projects, while Michael MacGinley is an expert in the field of complex commercial agreements and regulatory compliance in the electricity sector. Franka Cheung is rated for her expertise in the development of transmission projects, embedded network arrangements and microgrid arrangements.
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Testimonials
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- 'Edward Kelly translates our issues into project-specific briefs with fast turnaround.’
- ‘Anthony Arrow is highly intelligent, has an incredible work ethic, and knows our business and sector better than some of our own people.'
- 'We get incredible service from Corrs. We genuinely feel like we are being treated as the No.1 client of the firm.'
- ‘Franka Cheung has provided close and attentive support across multiple major projects.’
- ‘The team are very responsive to difficult timeframes for large and complex pieces of work.’
- ‘Corrs has put together a strong energy practice with the addition of Tracey Greenaway, who brings both legal knowledge, practical experience and client focus.’
- ‘Tracey Greenaway was a pleasure to deal with. Knowledgeable and responsive.’
- ‘Anthony Arrow has the ability to make clear arguments to all stakeholders and is on top of his game.'
- 'Anthony Arrow is virtually peerless in the market. He is outstanding in every respect: prodigious output, economical, fast, and commercially savvy. He rarely lowers his colours to any other lawyer in negotiations. Anthony is supported by a brilliant Energy Law team.'
Key clients
- ACEREZ Partnership
- Twinza Oil
- Macquarie
- Inpex
- Wesfarmers Chemical, Energy & Fertilisers Limited
- Powerlink Queensland
- Tesla
- Rio Tinto
- TransGrid
- Lumea
Work highlights
Advising the ACEREZ Partnership on its successful bid to finance, design, construct, operate and maintain the transmission network infrastructure for the Central West Orana Renewable Energy Zone (CWO Rez).
Advising Transgrid on all aspects of the Humelink project and of the VNI West Project.
Advising Twinza Oil (PNG) Limited on its development of the Pasca A Project, an offshore gas project in the Gulf of Papua, including the recent execution of a Gas Agreement with the Government of Papua New Guinea.
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Practice head
Tracey Greenaway
Other key lawyers
Peter Jarosek; Michael MacGinley; Franka Cheung; Anthony Arrow; Edward Kelly