An investor's guide to the sector and its regulations.
With impressive backgrounds in both corporate law and the energy industry, Neil brings a unique perspective to his work with private and public sector clients in the energy, resources, agribusiness and manufacturing sectors.
After many years as the head of the South Australian Corporate Division, Neil now leads the Energy team in the Adelaide office. He has a thorough understanding of all areas of corporate and commercial law including competition and market regulation, corporate governance, and mergers and acquisitions, as well as extensive experience in major project delivery, outsourcing and procurement.
Neil is particularly expert in the natural gas industry. He has been involved in negotiating and documenting long term, high volume, contracts for the sale and purchase of natural gas and contracts for transportation of natural gas via pipeline systems. He also advises regarding third party access to pipeline systems.
Among Neil’s long standing clients are ETSA Utilities, Flinders Ports, SEA Gas, and Viterra.
This overview of the oil and gas sector in Australia and New Zealand summarises the policy and regulatory framework in those countries – upstream and downstream, onshore and offshore; taxes and royalties; environment and planning laws; workforce-related legislation; and the implications of carbon policy and regulation for the industry.
In this edition of Mergers & Acquisitions Newsletter, we look at:
In our most recent Mergers & Acquisitions Newsletter, our partners explain how cases such as Norcast v Bradken, coupled with the Takeovers Panel's tougher stance on undisclosed association, have pushed questionable transaction practices firmly into the spotlight.
The government has recently released its National Food Plan, a roadmap for the future development of Australia's food and agriculture industry. Its key focus is on ensuring that Australia has 'a sustainable, globally competitive, resilient food supply, supporting access to nutritious and affordable food'. We review how the National Food Plan responds to the trends, opportunities and challenges facing Australia's food and agriculture industry in the 21st Century.
ASX has released a new Consultation Paper setting out draft amendments to the Listing Rules and new Guidance Notes regarding disclosure by mining and oil and gas companies listed on ASX of information regarding reserves and resources. In this Alert we provide an overview of the proposed new Listing Rules.
In this edition of Mergers & Acquisitions, we look at:
On 10 June 2011 the Australian Government released the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) Bill 2011 as exposure draft legislation for public consultation and comment. The MRRT is to apply from 1 July 2012 to the mining of iron ore and coal in Australia.
The Federal Government announced on 24 March that it would accept all 98 recommendations made by the Policy Transition Group (PTG) which it set up to advise it in relation to the structure of the proposed Minerals Rent Resource Tax (MRRT) and expanded Petroleum Rent Resource Tax ( PRRT). The PTG made 94 recommendations about the MRRT and PRRT, and another four recommendations about the taxation treatment of mineral exploration generally.
In this edition of Energy & Resources Update, we look at:
Government announces new mining tax regime
Resource Super Profits Tax & other tax reforms for Australian Resource Projects
In this edition of Energy & Resources, we look at: