Tanya Denning

Practice Areas

With more than 20 years' experience in the energy and resources sector, Tanya is highly regarded in Australia for energy, particularly in cross-border, multi-jurisdictional transactions, and projects and transactions that break new ground and require a solutions driven, innovative approach.

Tanya has strong relationships with industry participants and regulators, providing clients with an end-to-end approach to advice, covering the full value chain of energy including electricity, renewables, storage, and oil and gas (including LNG), and mining and resources, and has an acute understanding of the sensitivities and motivations of market players across these industries.

She has acted extensively on developing energy sector businesses; energy and resources M&A transactions; power generation (including renewables), energy storage and energy network (electricity and gas) project development, construction, operation and asset management; mining project development, wholesale energy trading and contracting (physical commodity and derivative contracts for electricity and gas including corporate PPAs, electricity retail sale, gas supply and gas transportation); connection application agreements for the electricity grid; retail energy advisory work and contracting including new energy retail services; export controls and compliance; ore supply and offtake agreements, and energy and resources market regulatory reform and advisory work.

Tanya's depth of experience sees her assist clients on a variety of projects and supply, storage and transport matters across Australia and offshore, with current market knowledge of the negotiating positions and regulatory issues that arise and the solutions to address them.