Allens has advised the WestConnex Delivery Authority on the awarding of the $2.7 billion design and construction contract for the M4 East Motorway to Leighton Contractors, Samsung and John Holland.
The M4 East Motorway is part of the first stage of the WestConnex project, which is a 33km road project that will complete Sydney's Orbital Road Network. The M4 East will build on the work now being done to widen the M4 Motorway.
WestConnex is Australia’s biggest urban road project, with a total value of approximately $15 billion and to be delivered in three stages over 10 years.
The M4 East Motorway is expected to open to traffic in 2019.
The Allens team on the matter was led by Partner Leighton O'Brien.
Mr O'Brien said the firm had been involved in the project since 2013.
'The signing of the D&C contract for the M4 East Motorway is a significant step forward in this huge project for New South Wales,' Mr O'Brien said.
'We are very pleased to have worked alongside the WestConnex Delivery Authority for the past two years to help get the project to this stage.'
Allens legal team
Leighton O'Brien (Partner); Tracey Davern (Senior Associate), Michael Zissis (Senior Associate), Tanvir Ahmed, Tim Leschke, Nick Beresford-Wylie, Philip Tripp, Dennis Smith, Kelvin Yu, Lovelle D'Souza, Fiona Thatcher, Angela Lu, Nicky Bryan, William Coote.
Kimmie Fearnside (Seconded Trainee Solicitor - Linklaters, Hong Kong)
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Allens is a commercial law firm working throughout Australia and Asia. Through its integrated alliance with Linklaters it provides clients access to 40 offices in 28 countries around the world.