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• Advised the Brookfield-led consortium on the proposed acquisition of Origin Energy Limited by way of a scheme of arrangement.
  
• Advising a large number of international and domestic offshore wind developers and investors on all aspects of their early-phase offshore wind projects across Australia.
  
• Advising Woodside on its proposed transmission connection project in the Pilbara region.
  

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• Advised Enel Green Power Australia on the formation of a A$2 billion Australian renewable energy co-investment platform with Japanese oil and gas major INPEX (including initial A$326 million sell-down of 50% of Enel Green Power Australia’s business).
  
• Advising Alinta Energy on the sell down to Parkwind of 50% of the Spinifex Offshore Wind project in the Southern Ocean offshore wind zone (Portland).
  
• Continuing to advise on multiple matters as project counsel on the A$25 billion Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) mega-project, sponsored by Australia’s Origin Energy, ConocoPhillips and Sinopec.
  

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• Advised on Tender Rounds 2 and 3 of the Long-Term Energy Service Agreements (LTESA) – a key platform of the NSW Government’s Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap.
  
• Advised leading Australian energy infrastructure business, APA Group (APA) on its $1.7 billion (AUD) acquisition of Alinta Energy’s Pilbara business.
  
• Advised Lightsource bp on the auction sale of its 1GWP Australian solar farm portfolio (with ready-to-build battery storage systems) to Beijing Energy International Holding Co., Ltd.
  

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• Advised Alinta Energy (a subsidiary of Chow Tai Fook Enterprises on the sale of its business in the Pilbara region of Western Australia through the disposal of 100% of the shares in Alinta Energy Pilbara Holdings and Alinta Energy (Newman Storage) to APA Group for an enterprise value of AUD1.722 billion (USD1.1 billion).
  
• Advised LG Chem on its investment in a NASDAQ and ASX listed lithium company, Piedmont Lithium Inc of North Carolina, US, through the acquisition of a minority stake and a substantial offtake agreement for spodumene in the Piedmont Group.
  
• Advised SK E&S on the development and operation of the Caldita-Barossa LNG Project and Darwin LNG back-fill and tie-in project, including on the proposed development and operation of an associated CCS project utilising the (depleted) Bayu-Udan gas field and associated qualification for, and utilisation of, carbon credits.
  

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• Assisted and advised Patrizia Infrastructure and Savant Energy Power Networks Holdings Pty Ltd, on behalf of the superfund, Prime Super, on the acquisition of 100% of the issued shares in Active Utilities Pty Ltd from Macquarie Bank Limited and Active Utilities Nominees Pty Ltd as trustee for Active Utilities (Holdings) Unit Trust.
  
• Advised BayWa r.e. Solar Project Pty Ltd on the sale of Karadoc Solar Farm in Victoria to Atmos Renewables (the renewables investment arm of Igneo Infrastructure Partners), including advising on negotiation of a power purchase agreement in respect of the project.
  
• Acted for ADZ Energy on its successful acquisition of the distressed Armour Energy Group, an ASX-listed oil and gas business with its operations focused on the discovery, development, and production of natural gas and associated liquid resources in Australia and its key asset, the Kincora gas plant in Queensland, Australia.
  

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• Advising Tesla on various battery energy storage projects in Australia and across Asia-Pacific, including Limondale BESS, Collie 2 BESS, Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub, Brendale/Orana BESS, Hirohara BESS and Glenbrook BESS. Corrs is Tesla’s first-choice legal counsel in APAC and brings us in to advise on all of its complex Asia Pacific mandates.
  
• 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, the first renewable energy zone in Australia.
  
• Advising Transgrid on all aspects of the Humelink project, a A$5 billion energy and resources development, which has the support of the New South Wales State and the Commonwealth governments, and has been described in the media as the most expensive electricity infrastructure ever delivered in Australia.
  

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• Advising POSCO Co Ltd in relation to the proposed green steel project in Port Hedland (‘the Project’).
  
• Advised fuel retailer OTR Group on the successful ACCC conditional clearance for its A$1.15 billion acquisition by Viva Energy.
  
• Acting for ACCIONA on the acquisition of 100% ownership of the Kwinana Waste-to-Energy project in a project restructuring agreement reached with Macquarie Capital and Dutch Infrastructure Fund.
  

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• Advising ADZ Energy Pty Ltd (formerly Armour Energy Limited) in various operational and commercial matters.
  
• Advising 3D Energi Limited on its farmout of an 80% interest in Commonwealth offshore petroleum title Vic/P79 to ConocoPhillips Australia and the associated joint venture arrangements between the parties.
  
• Advising ATCO Gas Australia on access arrangement review for the WA gas distribution system.
  

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• Advising Stanwell Corporation in relation to the proposed Central Queensland Hydrogen Project it is developing in consortium with Iwatani Corporation, Kansai Electric Power Company, Marubeni Corporation and Keppel Infrastructure.
  
• Advised Rio Tinto on the negotiation of the largest offtake contract in Australia in 2023 from the 1.1 GW (1,100MW) Upper Calliope Solar Farm.
  
• Advised leading Japanese energy utility J-Power on its proposed $1 billion acquisition of ASX-listed renewables energy developer Genex Power.
  

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• Acted for electricity distributor, Essential Energy, in its $6.3billion revenue determination process with the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) in respect of its distribution network.
  
• Advised on the sell down of Tokyo Gas’ minority interest across four LNG projects (including Gorgon, Ichtys, Pluto and QCLNG) to US-based private equity firm EIG.
  
• Advised QIP in the Supernode BESS project in Queensland, the first stage of the A$2.5bn project.
  

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• Advising Equis on reaching equity and contractual close for the A$1.1 billion Stage A of the Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub, which comprises a 600MW/1600MWh battery that will be one of the biggest batteries in the world.
  
• Advised MidOcean Reef BidCo Pty Ltd in relation to both the acquisition and financing arrangements regarding its proposed acquisition of Origin Energy Limited (OEL) as part of a consortium with Brookfield Renewable Group Australia Pty Ltd (Brookfield) by way of scheme of arrangement.
  
• Advised TagEnergy Australia Pty Ltd on its acquisition from WestWind Energy of development rights to the Golden Plains Wind Farm and the subsequent development and financing of the A$3 billion two stage project.
  

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• Advised Renewable Energy Systems Ltd. (RES), the world’s largest independent renewable energy company, on its agreement to acquire Ingeteam’s renewable services division.
  
• Advised ASX-listed Viva Energy Group Limited (Viva Energy) on its AU$1.15 billion (US$770 million) acquisition of convenience retailer OTR Group from Peregrine Corporation.
  
• Advised Viva Energy on its acquisition from Coles of the Coles Express retail convenience business which operates at Shell branded service stations throughout Australia.
  

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• Advised BlackRock on all legal aspects of its AUD$500 million co-investment from both local and offshore co-investors to fund the development of the Waratah Super Battery to be located on the site of the former Munmorah Power Station on the Central Coast, NSW
  
• Advised BlueFloat Energy and Origin Energy on their announced a joint venture partnership for the development funding of the 2GW Eastern Rise Offshore Wind Project in the declared Hunter offshore wind zone.
  
• Advised Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) on all legal aspects of its proposed acquisition of Spark Renewables renewable energy platform via a competitive bid process
  

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• Acting for Chevron New Energies on its agreement with Mitsui Oil Exploration Co., Ltd (MOECO) to proceed with the pilot testing of advanced geothermal technology, specifically advanced closed loop (ACL) technology.
  
• Acting for Yara Pilbara Fertilisers Pty Ltd on its gas portfolio arrangements.
  
• Advised A-Cap Energy Limited in its merger with ASX-listed Lotus Resources Limited via schemes of arrangement, which merger created a leading African-focused uranium player with significant scale and resources by combining key uranium projects.
  

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• Advised Malabar Resources on the establishment of its incorporated joint venture (in partnership with EDFR Holdings a subsidiary of Electricité de France), to develop a large-scale solar farm and Battery Energy Storage System in the Hunter-Central Coast Renewable Energy Zone.
  
• Advised AGL Energy on regulatory issues with respect to its gas tenements, wind, solar, hydro projects.
  
• Advised Senex Energy in connection with the development of the Western Surat Gas Project, Roma North and Project Atlas, including the negotiation of land access agreements, native title agreements, cultural heritage agreements, and providing broad ranging approvals and compliance advice.
  

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• Acting for the South Australian Government in relation to its planned $13 billion hydrogen hub at Port Bonython.
  
• Advised South Australian electricity transmission company, ElectraNet, in relation to the $2.28 billion SA-NSW electricity interconnector project known as Project EnergyConnect.
  
• Advising the Office of Hydrogen Power SA on the world leading hydrogen power plant, electrolyser and storage facilities being delivered as part of the Hydrogen Jobs Plan.
  

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• Advised US mining company Newmont Corporation (Newmont) on the Papua New Guinean (PNG) aspects of its AU$26 billion acquisition of Australian gold miner Newcrest Mining Limited (Newcrest).
  
• Advising on the establishment of a bespoke legal regime for the Greater Sunrise Gas and Condensate Project which straddles the international seabed boundary between Timor Leste and Australia.
  
• Advising Energy Fuels on the proposed joint venture with Astron Corporation for the development of the Donald Rare Earths and Mineral Sand Project, a globally significant critical mineral resource in Victoria, in which the client proposes to invest A$180 million.
  

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• Assisting Stromlo Energy, an entirely Australian-owned renewable energy developer, with its development of Devlin’s Bridge Wind Farm (DBWF). DBWF is a proposed project located in Narrandera in south-west NSW.
  
• Acted for the vendors in the sale of one of the largest proposed offshore wind projects in Australia, which centres on a potential 10GW resource that is located within the proposed Hunter-Central Coast renewable energy zone.
  
• Advised the Victorian government on the development and rollout of its Solar Homes Program, a $2 billion dollar loan and grant program to encourage domestic solar and battery penetration.
  

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• Drafted and advised on the regulatory reform to the South West Interconnected System, the main electricity grid in Western Australia.
  
• Advising on the first 100% green energy, hydrogen and ammonia export project in Australia to date.
  
• Acting as MIR’s legal advisor on a transaction to acquire the Robe Mesa Iron Ore Project.
  

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• Advised the Victorian Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action on a wide range of clean energy and energy innovation projects, including on all legal aspects of the Victorian Government’s Energy Innovation Fund program, which provides funding for innovative renewable energy projects.
  
• Provided Lochard Energy legal advice on all commercial and regulatory aspects of the Lochard business, including both business-as-usual matters and advice on specific contractual, regulatory and construction projects.
  
• Provided North Harbour Clean Energy with a broad range of legal and regulatory support in relation to the development of potential long-duration energy storage projects.
  

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• Advising Origin Energy on its ground breaking mass market Electric Vehicle (EV) Subscription Project.
  
• Advising National Renewables Network on specialist energy project and regulatory advice and contracts, including rolling out the installation of high volumes of solar panel/battery systems; deploying a “Virtual Power Plant” AI Platform and owning and operating the assets as a virtual renewable energy network.
  
• Advising SolarChoice to execute transaction documents with experienced energy storage and solar farm developer Genex Power Limited (ASX: GNX) to progress a multi-staged Solar Farm & Energy Storage Project.
  

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• Advised AGL on environmental and planning issues relating to key generating energy assets in including the Bells Mountain Pumped Hydro Project, the Barn Hill Wind Farm Project, the Madeline Downs BESS Project and the Liddell BESS Project.
  
• Advised Australian-owned energy company Firm Power on the sale of a proposed 500MNW/1GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project to Octopus Investments Australia (Blackstone).
  
• Advised the Acciona- Genus Joint Venture, AG JV, the successful bidder on the HumeLink East Project, a new 500kV transmission line which will connect Wagga Wagga, Bannaby and Maragle in New South Wales, Australia.
  

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• Advised Birdwood Energy on the formation of the Birdwood Distributed Energy Platform, comprising a $2 billion partnership between Birdwood Energy and leading superannuation fund Aware Super.
  
• Advised Origin on a ‘landmark alliance’ with Coles, through which the parties will co-invest in renewable energy and battery assets at up to 100 of Coles’ supermarkets and liquor stores across Australia.
  
• Advised Energy Vault on the deployment of two battery energy storage systems at ACEN Australia’s 720MW New England solar and battery project.
  

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• Advising ACEnergy and ACLE Services on various renewables projects including co-investment by BW Group in two BESS projects (Apsley and Pine Lodge BESS) and additional sale of two 5MW solar projects to UK listed fund – Victory Hill.
  
• Advising Hetao and ACEnergy on the acquisition of 50% of the shares and units in Apsley BESS (NSW) and Pine Lodge BESS (VIC); security holder arrangements between Hetao and BW Energy (50:50 holders of the project); and funding arrangements for construction financing (debt and equity)
  
• Advising Generator Property Management Pty Ltd on the next phase of one of the largest BESSs in the world, Waratah Super Battery project.
  

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• Advised on Synergy’s wholesale electricity market obligations arising from a constrained coal and gas fuel market in which, similar to East Coast Australia, fuel prices and generation outages placed incredible stress on the wholesale electricity market.
  
• Advised Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed Japanese trading house ITOCHU Corporation (ITOCHU) on its minority investment into Western Australian integrated energy company UON Pty Ltd (UON).
  
• Acted for the Chinese solar and battery manufacturer and distributed energy solution company Shenzhen SofarSolar Co., Ltd and a number of its worldwide subsidiaries in undertaking due diligence on its non-Chinese operations for an IPO in China.
  

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• Partnered with the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC) in Western Australia’s resource-rich Pilbara region to help it join with Philippines renewable energy company ACEN to create one of Australia’s largest renewable energy vehicles Yindjibarni Energy Corporation (YEC) to undertake significant renewable energy projects in the Pilbara region
  
• Acting for Australia’s leading landfill gas to energy and carbon abatement platform, LMS Energy, on vendor due diligence in relation to the proposed sale of a 50% interest in LMS Energy by Sims Metal to buyout firm Pacific Equity Partners.
  
• Advised uranium developer Boss Energy Limited (market cap A$1.93bn) on a A$220 million capital raising to fund its acquisition of a 30 per cent stake in a uranium mine in the US. Thomson Geer also advised on the acquisition