Peter Briggs

Practice Areas

- Environment and communities

- Native title and indigenous heritage

- Real estate

- Crisis management

- Health, safety and environmental crisis management

Career

Peter is a partner based in our Sydney office. Peter leads our Australian EP&C team and is one of the most sought after and experienced environment and planning lawyers currently operating in Australia. Peter’s insights drive some of the largest and most complex corporate and government matters in Australia. His knowledge is wide-ranging, spanning from major project approvals and contaminated land management to focused litigation. Peter is a highly regarded litigator in environment and planning prosecutions, compulsory acquisition, class 3 actions, valuation and judicial review, and civil enforcement in the NSW Land and Environment Court, and environmental warranty and indemnity claims in the NSW Supreme Court and the Federal Court. Peter’s contribution to the public sector continues to be significant. With NSW Government and the Commonwealth of Australia forming part of his impressive client portfolio, Peter takes a lead role in complex and cutting-edge projects, including Australia’s first Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) located in NSW. Peter’s diverse range of knowledge allows him to advise on notices to provide information and orders for the tabling of documents in Parliament. Peter continues to influence the policy landscape in NSW with his latest paper with the Clean Energy Investor Group, which addresses potential improvements to the NSW planning approval process to facilitate decarbonisation. Peter provides native title and Aboriginal cultural heritage advice and representation in relation to major resources and infrastructure projects around Australia. His experience covers complex native title, Aboriginal Land Rights Act and Aboriginal cultural heritage claims and related project assessments, risks, regulator engagement and enforcement as well as interactions with traditional owner groups, media and other key stakeholders.

For additional information on Peter's professional background, please visit: https://www.hsfkramer.com/our-people/p/peter-briggs