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Energy & Natural Resources: Mining | Asia-Pacific

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Senior Statespeople

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    Keira Brennan
    Norton Rose Fulbright
    Norton Rose Fulbright | Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
    2025 | Senior Statespeople | 15 Years Ranked

    Keira Brennan stands out for the breadth of her resources-related expertise. In addition to transactional mandates, she also advises on regulatory and contentious issues, and on questions concerning access to rail and port infrastructure. She is based in Brisbane.

  2. Michael Hunt
    EMK Lawyers | Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
    2025 | Senior Statespeople
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Band 1

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    Jay Leary
    Herbert Smith Freehills
    Herbert Smith Freehills | Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
    2025 | Band 1 | 15 Years Ranked

    Jay Leary handles the full range of mining sector matters, including transactions, operating and development agreements, dividing his time between the firm's Brisbane and Perth offices.

  2. Simon Scott
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    Simon Scott
    MinterEllison
    MinterEllison | Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
    2025 | Band 1 | 11 Years Ranked

    Simon Scott advises leading resources companies on a range of complex mandates, including joint ventures, large acquisitions and ownership structures. He is based in Brisbane.

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Band 2

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    Michael Blakiston
    Gilbert + Tobin
    Gilbert + Tobin | Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
    2025 | Band 2 | 14 Years Ranked

    Michael Blakiston is based in Perth and is highly regarded for his impressive track record of advising mining clients on regulatory and transactional issues, both domestically and internationally, his range of experience covering over 50 jurisdictions.

  2. 2
    Scott Langford
    King & Wood Mallesons | Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
    2025 | Band 2 | 10 Years Ranked

    Scott Langford is based in Melbourne and maintains an impressive track record of advice on mining sector transactions, including takeovers, joint ventures, divestments and acquisitions as well as IPOs and investments.

  3. Tony J. Wassaf
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    Tony J. Wassaf
    Jones Day
    Jones Day | Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
    2025 | Band 2 | 15 Years Ranked

    Tony Wassaf is based in Sydney and is highly regarded for his extensive expertise and experience relating to the mining industry, where he has advised on a number of complex and large-scale transactions.

  4. Bruce Adkins
    Johnson Winter Slattery | Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
    2025 | Band 2
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Band 3

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    Claire Boyd
    Gilbert + Tobin
    Gilbert + Tobin | Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
    2025 | Band 3 | 3 Years Ranked

    Claire Boyd is based in Perth and is well regarded for her expertise in handling complex transactions in the resources sector, including mergers and joint ventures.

  2. Damien Clarke
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    Damien Clarke
    McCullough Robertson
    McCullough Robertson | Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
    2025 | Band 3 | 6 Years Ranked

    Damien Clarke is based in Brisbane and regularly advises mining sector clients on a range of commercial matters, including transactional and taxation issues.

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    Gerard Woods
    Allens
    Allens | Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
    2025 | Band 3 | 12 Years Ranked

    Gerard Woods maintains a strong track record of advising on large transactions, joint ventures and asset sales, as well as on commodities disputes and project structuring in the Western Australian mining space.

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    Igor Bogdanich
    Allens
    Allens | Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
    2025 | Band 3 | 15 Years Ranked

    Igor Bogdanich is based in Perth and is respected for his extensive experience advising on large M&A transactions and projects in the mining and gas sectors.

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    Lorenzo Pacitti
    King & Wood Mallesons | Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
    2025 | Band 3 | 9 Years Ranked

    Lorenzo Pacitti stands out for his considerable experience acting for prominent mining companies on corporate and commercial issues, including complex investment and transactional mandates. He is based in Perth.

  6. 3
    Michael MacGinley
    Corrs Chambers Westgarth
    Corrs Chambers Westgarth | Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
    2025 | Band 3 | 15 Years Ranked

    Michael MacGinley is based in Brisbane and operates a broad practice, with noted strengths in the mining and energy spaces, which encompasses transactional and project delivery as well as key contractual and commercial arrangements.

  7. 3
    Nicholas Pappas
    King & Wood Mallesons | Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
    2025 | Band 3 | 14 Years Ranked

    Nicholas Pappas is based in Sydney and is particularly well regarded for his handling of transactions in the mining sector.

  8. Paul Lingard
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    Paul Lingard
    Ashurst
    Ashurst | Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
    2025 | Band 3 | 13 Years Ranked

    Paul Lingard is Perth-based and is particularly noted for his versatility across the energy and resources spectrum, but especially where mining and utilities-related issues are concerned. He handles the full breadth of transactional, regulatory and operational issues.

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    Richard Malcolmson
    Allens
    Allens | Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
    2025 | Band 3 | 8 Years Ranked

    Richard Malcolmson is well known as an adviser to major mining companies on asset sales, acquisitions, divestments and takeovers. He is based in Sydney.

  10. 3
    Robert Jackson
    King & Wood Mallesons | Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
    2025 | Band 3 | 15 Years Ranked

    Robert Jackson is based in Brisbane and focuses principally on advising on transactional and other matters relating to the mining industry and its supporting infrastructure.

  11. Stuart MacGregor
    Clayton Utz | Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
    2025 | Band 3
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Band 4

  1. Alex Jones
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    Alex Jones
    DLA Piper Australia
    DLA Piper Australia | Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
    2025 | Band 4 | 10 Years Ranked

    Alex Jones is based in Perth and is highly regarded for his handling of both commercial and regulatory matters in the mining sector, particularly those with an international dimension.

  2. Michael Bowen
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    Michael Bowen
    Thomson Geer
    Thomson Geer | Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
    2025 | Band 4 | 6 Years Ranked

    Michael Bowen of Thomson Geer in Perth stands out for specialised M&A expertise pertaining to the mining sector.

  3. Brett Cohen
    Clayton Utz | Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
    2025 | Band 4
  4. Stuart Clague
    Johnson Winter Slattery | Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
    2025 | Band 4