Tim advises public and private sector clients on major projects and transactions.
This includes advising:
- public sector departments, corporations and regulatory agencies in relation to major projects, infrastructure, energy transition and climate change matters; and
- private sector clients on large scale M&A transactions, project development, financing and investment funds in the renewable energy, oil & gas, mining, water and rail sectors.
Tim is admitted to practice in Australia and England & Wales, and his practice covers both domestic and cross-border projects and transactions.
Tim has been recognised by Legal 500 as a Next Generation Lawyer.
Representative transactions - public sector
- Low Emissions Investment Partnerships Program: advised the State of Queensland on the structure and delivery of funding under this $500m emissions reduction and industry facilitation program.
- Land Restoration Fund: advised the Queensland Government on the establishment of its $500m Land Restoration Fund and associated long-term ACCU purchase arrangements.
- Queensland Natural Capital Fund: advised the Queensland Government on its cornerstone investment in the QIC managed fund.
- Reef Credits: advising on the development and roll-out of the Queensland Government's Reef Credit Fund.
- QCN Fibre: advised the Queensland Government on the establishment of QCN Fibre to commercialise the fibre optic cable held within the Powerlink and Energy Queensland electricity transmission and distribution networks.
- Queensland Treasury secondment: advised the department on a broad range of issues including major projects, infrastructure, investment facilitation, grant funding, machinery of government changes and data.
Representative transactions - private sector (energy, resources, infrastructure)
- Lightsource bp: on the acquisition, development, offtake and financing for its Australian solar and BESS projects (including Wellington South, Wellington North, Woolooga, West Wyalong, Wunghnu, Goulburn River and West Mokoan).
- Lightsource bp: on the proposed divestment of its 1GW+ operational asset portfolio.
- Iberdrola Australia: on its agreement with TransGrid to dispatch Australia's first Tesla Megapack big battery (50MW/75MWh).
- Iberdrola Australia: on its agreement with Forestry Corporation NSW for the development of renewable energy projects on Forestry Corporation land.
- CleanCo Queensland: on its portfolio development arrangements with CQP to facilitate the acquisition of approximately 2.3 GW of new wind and solar development assets in Central Queensland.
- CleanCo Queensland: on its renewable energy and storage EOI and related transactions, targeting 5GW of generation and 5GW of storage.
- CS Energy: on arrangements with APA for gas transportation and storage facilities to support the Brigalow Gas Fired Power Station.
- Australian utility: ongoing advice on its domestic gas portfolio, including trading, transportation, joint ventures and retail matters.
- Confidential Client: on the joint development of a series of eight BESS projects at sub-station adjacent sites on the east coast of Australia. This includes advice on overall transaction structuring, JV arrangements, offtake and development matters.
- Aurizon: advised on its $2.25 billion acquisition of One Rail from Macquarie funds.
- Aurizon: bolt-on M&A transactions for logistics businesses throughout Australia.
- US private equity: advised on the disposal of its Beetaloo Basin gas assets to Tamboran Resources.
