Simon Ball

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A highly experienced environment, planning and mining lawyer, Simon acts for leading mining companies to obtain and defend operating licences for major NSW coal mine assets. This includes advice on all required approvals under governing legislation at both a State and Commonwealth level.

He is a longstanding advisor to the NSW Minerals Council on industry legislative changes and provides related legislative regulatory advice to the NSW Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services.

Simon draws upon prior senior legal and policy positions at the Department of Primary Industries (Mineral Resources) as well as management roles in several NSW quarries.

Simon has extensive advisory experience across all aspects of contamination and pollution matters for large projects. This includes compliance, audits, and investigations and prosecutions by regulators. Simon’s background working for Government in prosecutions ensures clients benefit from his unique insight into contamination and pollution incidents. He also provides training to ASX 100 listed companies on managing contamination and pollution issues.

A highly experienced environment, planning and mining lawyer, Simon acts for leading mining companies to obtain and defend operating licences for major NSW energy and resources assets. This includes advising on all required approvals under governing legislation at both a State and Commonwealth level.

He is a regular advisor to the NSW Minerals Council on industry legislative changes and provides related regulatory advice to the NSW Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services.

Simon draws upon prior senior legal and policy positions at the Department of Primary Industries (Mineral Resources). He has also managed several NSW quarries.

Simon’s expertise in environment, planning and mining law extends to litigation in the NSW Supreme Court and Land and Environment Court over resources, energy, and infrastructure project approvals. Simon also acts for clients in development applications, compulsory land acquisitions, and pollution prosecutions.

Simon’s expertise in obtaining approvals for large resources, energy and infrastructure projects includes extensive experience acting for both public and private sector clients on European and Aboriginal heritage issues.

A specialist environment, planning, and mining lawyer, Simon acts for leading mining companies to obtain and defend operating licences for major NSW infrastructure assets. This includes advising on all required approvals under governing legislation at both a State and Commonwealth level. He has extensive experience and expertise in all aspects of project approvals for large resources, energy and infrastructure projects.

A specialist environment, planning and mining lawyer, Simon acts for leading mining companies to obtain and defend operating licences for major NSW infrastructure assets. This includes advising on all required approvals under governing legislation at both a State and Commonwealth level. He has extensive experience and expertise in all aspects of project approvals.

Simon’s specialist environment, planning and mining expertise includes acting for companies on compulsory acquisitions and the valuation of land being compulsorily acquired.

Simon Ball is a specialist in environment, planning and mining law with a proven track record across all aspects of project approvals for large resources, energy, and infrastructure projects.

He has extensive experience advising major private and public sector clients on complex environmental planning and protection, native title, mining and petroleum, and administrative law.

Prior to joining Minter Ellison, Simon worked in a top 100 ASX listed corporation as a civil and environmental engineer and for the New South Wales Government as a senior policy and legal advisor.

Simon is also a qualified Above Ground Mine Manager and has managed various quarries in the NSW construction industry.

Simon's unique background enables him to provide legal advice with a strong practical and commercial focus.

A specialist environment, planning and mining lawyer, Simon acts for leading mining companies to obtain and defend operating licences for major NSW mine and quarry assets. This includes advising on all required project approvals under governing legislation at both a State and Commonwealth level.

He is also a longstanding advisor to the NSW Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services on legislative and regulatory issues involving the mining and quarrying industry.

Simon draws upon prior senior legal and policy positions at the Department of Primary Industries (Mineral Resources) as well as hands-on industry experience in management roles at several NSW quarries.

Simon has extensive experience acting for public and private sector clients on native title and aboriginal land claims, separately and as part of obtaining project approvals for large resources, energy, and infrastructure projects. Simon has negotiated a number of ‘right to negotiate’ agreements and has a detailed understanding of NSW Government policy in this area.

A highly experienced environment, planning and mining lawyer, Simon acts for leading mining companies to obtain and defend operating licences for major NSW oil and gas assets. This includes advising on all required approvals under governing legislation at both a State and Commonwealth level.

He also regularly advises the NSW Minerals Council on industry legislative changes and provides legislative regulatory advice to the NSW Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services.

In addition to his strong track record in private practice, Simon draws upon prior senior legal and policy positions at the Department of Primary Industries (Mineral Resources).

Simon is a specialist environment, planning, and energy and resources lawyer with a proven track record in all aspects of project approvals for large resources, energy and infrastructure projects.

Simon has extensive experience in developing vegetation and biodiversity management strategies for large energy and resources, residential, and infrastructure projects. This has involved negotiating and drafting planning and conservation offset agreements.

Simon has extensive experience acting for waste companies to obtain and defend licences to operate major NSW waste assets. This includes advising on all required approvals under governing legislation at both a State and Commonwealth level.