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  • Infrastructure

    Australian infrastructure is facing unprecedented demand. Major investment and development is required to remove potential impediments to future economic growth. King & Wood Mallesons is both a thought leader and trusted legal adviser to public and private players in planning and delivering large-scale and critical infrastructure projects.

    We have been involved in almost every significant infrastructure and PPP/PFI project in the region over recent years and our pipeline of current mandates in current prison, health, water, port and rail projects ensures our continued involvement in the sector over years to come.  We are pleased that our clients are involved in every aspect of the industry including the public sector, private sector sponsors, equity and debt investors as well as the construction and services industry participants.
 

 Our recent experience:

 
  • Sydney Desalination Plant refinancing
    Client: Sydney Water
    Advising Sydney Water and the NSW Government on the successful refinancing of Sydney Desalination Plant for $2.3 billion.
  • National Broadband Network
    Client: Telstra
    Negotiating key definitive agreements, which were signed on 23 June 2011, pursuant to which Telstra will receive approximately $11 billion of value from the shutting down of certain of its networks, migrating customers to the NBN, providing access to infrastructure to NBN CO, and from certain regulatory amendments. We were also responsible for managing the entire shareholders approval and voting process for the entry by Telstra into the proposed transaction.
  • Northern Territory Correctional Precinct PPP
    Client: Northern Territory Government
    Advising on the first correctional services public private partnership in the Northern Territory by which the private sector will finance, build and service a Correctional Centre, Secure Mental Health and Behavioural Management Facility and a Supported Accommodation and Program Centre for community-based offenders.
  • Darwin Marine Supply Base Project
    Client: Northern Territory Government
    Advising the Northern Territory Government on procuring the new marine supply base in Darwin.
  • Ararat Correctional Precinct PPP
    Client: Financiers to the winning Consortium
    Guided the financiers to the winning consortium on the Ararat Prison upgrade and expansion, part of the ongoing Partnerships Victoria PPP programme.
  • Port of Brisbane privatisation
    Client: Financiers to the winning Consortium | Date: November 2010
    Under a complex statutory and contractual framework we acted for the financiers to the winning Consortium to deliver $2.1 billion in cash proceeds to the Consolidated Fund as well as the Consortium agreeing to fund the future upgrade of section 3 of the Port of Brisbane Motorway.
  • Peninsula Link PPP
    Client: Southern Way | Date: February 2010
    Teaming with the winning consortium on Australia's first availability payment based road PPP.
  • Gold Coast Rapid Transit PPP
    Client: Debt financiers | Date: June 2011
    Overcoming unique challenges to assist the (offshore) debt financiers on Australia's first 100% foreign funded PPP and the first to raise debt for the full project concession term post GFC.

  • Mark Upfold
    Infrastructure Sub-Sector Leader
    Partner
    Sydney
    T: +61 2 9296 2304
    M: +61 419 693 733