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  • Scott Gardiner

    Managing Partner Energy Resources & Projects China
    Sydney
    T: +61 2 9296 2158
    M: +61 419 533 313
 

 Professional Biography

 

  • Scott Gardiner leads the national Energy, Resources and Projects practice where he oversees the firms performance across the oil & gas, energy & utilities, mining and infrastructure sectors. Scott specialises in energy & resources law with a particular emphasis on project development and financing, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and restructures.

    Rated as one of Australia's top project's lawyers, Scott led the firm's teams on recent landmark transactions and projects including the acquisition and project financing of the Tasmanian Gas Pipeline, the Alinta Energy Deleveraging, the $1.5 billion acquisition of DP World's Australian ports business, a bidder on the Australian Government's Solar Flagships program, the acquisition of the Flinders Power Station from NRG, the development of the Braemar Power Station and the Lake Bonney Wind Farm (stages I & II).

    Scott has been recommended as a leading lawyer in various directories, including Chambers Global and PLC Which Lawyer.
 

 Experience

 
  • 1988: Bachelor of Laws, University of Adelaide
  • 1988: Solicitor, Corporate Legal, Westpac Banking Corporation
  • 1991: Graduate Diploma in Applied Corporate Finance, Securities Institute of Australia
  • 1992: Manager, Corporate Finance, Westpac Banking Corporation
  • 1993 - 1995: Solicitor, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Sydney
  • 1995 - 1998: Senior Associate, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Sydney
  • 1998 - 2012: Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Sydney
  • 2012 - Present: Partner, King & Wood, Mallesons, Sydney
 

 Recent Matters

 
  • Advising Palisade on its acquisition and project financing of the Tasmanian Gas Pipeline
  • Advising Alinta Energy Group throughout its complex 18-month restructuring process
  • Infigen Suntech in their bid for the Solar Flagships Program
  • A$1.5 billion acquisition of DP World's Australian ports business
  • Flinders Power Station acquisition for the vehicle
  • Braemar Power Station project for the vehicle
  • Lake Bonney Wind Farm project (Stages I and II) for the vehicle
  • Tipperary coal seam methane project financing for the financiers
  • A$1.75bn BBW global financing for Babcock & Brown Wind Partners
  • A$2.7bn Alinta Energy Financing for Alinta Energy
 

 Professional Memberships