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Minter Ellison is a trusted legal adviser to all levels of government for their most complex and sensitive contract and commercial law matters. Our government lawyers have a depth of expertise in advising government on a wide range of commercial documentation, including: major infrastructure project contracts; requests for tender; funding agreements and grants; consultancy agreements; template commercial documentation; contracts; Deeds of Standing Offer; memoranda of understanding; IT contracts and, research agreements. We have experience in adapting standard form contracts and preparing bespoke contracts and commercial structures to suit unique, complex and innovative projects and to comply with legislation and regulatory requirements. We have acted for government in a number of significant asset sales, privatisations and corporatisations. Minter Ellison has also acted as principal advisers to government in many significant public private partnership (PPP) projects in the justice, health, education, roads, transportation and telecommunications sectors. Our team is able to advise government on the commercial documentation to give effect to alliances and PPPs, with expertise in the development of request for tender and associated project documentation. As advisers to the NSW and Victorian Governments on the development of whole-of-government standardised commercial principles for risk allocation and contract management in relation to PPP projects, Minter Ellison is well placed to advise government on these often complex and ground breaking projects. Applying our leading industry expertise and our significant government experience, our team is able to deliver commercially innovative solutions to assist our government clients to meet their business outcomes and effectively manage risk whilst complying with the need for probity, accountability and transparency inherent in all government transactions.