Energy & Natural Resources

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Provided by Allens

Allens' energy and resources lawyers are true specialists within key sectors of the Australian economy. Our global alliance with Linklaters enables us to provide first class expertise across the mining, oil and gas and utilities sectors in all relevant jurisdictions.

We have a well-established client base with long standing clients such as Rio Tinto, Glencore, Newcrest Mining, ExxonMobil, AGL, TransGrid, Mitsui and regulatory bodies such as the Australian Energy Market Commission.

Our team has an in-depth understanding of the energy and resources industry with specialists in electricity, oil and gas industry regulation, mining, competition policy, environmental regulation, industrial relations, project finance, corporate restructuring, privatisation and corporatisation. We have commodity-specific expertise in the challenges facing the development of iron ore, coal, copper, gold, nickel and other metal and mineral resources across Australia and Asia, including mine development and operations, sales and marketing. In addition, we have dedicated practitioners focusing on the Oil & Gas sector, with specialists with experience in all aspects of LNG and floating LNG projects, as well as coal seam gas and shale gas projects. We also draw on the expertise of lawyers in other groups within the firm for areas such as financing or taxation.