Allens has advised Rio Tinto on the recently announced series of divestments of its coal assets in Queensland for US$4.15 billion. The transactions comprise binding agreements to sell Rio Tinto's ...

Allens has advised Westbourne Capital to achieve financial close in relation to the construction and development of the Lincoln Gap Wind Farm near Port Augusta, South Australia. The firm assisted ...

Under the agreement, Sydney Airport will receive the benefit of a fixed amount of renewable energy and associated environmental products supplied at a fixed price from the Sapphire Wind Farm and, ...

Allens has appointed Melissa Keane as a partner in its Projects team, effective 1 January 2019. With considerable experience in transactional projects, particularly energy projects, Melissa will ...

Allens has advised energy utility and infrastructure operator DUET Group ( DUET ) on the acquisition by a consortium led by Cheung Kong Infrastructure of 100 per cent of DUET's stapled securities f ...

ASIC has recently raised concerns about forward-looking statements by Australian miners that are made on the basis of preliminary scoping or feasibility studies In a new Information Sheet it has suggested that without certainty as to project funding such statements could constitute misleading ...

The Queensland Parliament has passed the Chain of Responsibility Bill with important amendments prior to enactment The amending Act establishes a new regime under the States primary environmental legislation that exposes related bodies corporate executive officers financiers shareholders and a ...

Proposed amendments to the Construction Contracts Act 2004 WA will if passed result in significant changes to the adjudication process in Western Australia Partner Jeremy Quan-Sing Senior Associate Fiona Potter and Law Graduate Thanushar Sridaran report on the potential impacts of the changes ...

Resource sector operators need to be aware of further proposed changes to how the take of groundwater is regulated in Queensland The proposed changes will impact existing new and expansion operations Partner Bill McCredie and Senior Associate Gobind Kalsi consider the proposed amendments and their ...

In this article Allens Senior Energy Resources Counsel David Maloney reviews existing Australian petroleum and mining legislation relating to the regulation of unconventional oil and gas examines some of the recent policy responses in relation to coal seam gas developments in agricultural lands the ...