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Christopher Darby |
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| BA, LLB, GAICD |
| AdelaideDarwin |
| T: | +61 8 8233 5597 (Adelaide) | +61 8 8901 5914 (Darwin) |
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Biography
Chris is a partner in our corporate team. He has significant hands-on experience with construction and infrastructure projects and has particular expertise in the arenas of mining, resources and energy. Chris is the Head of Projects, Construction and Infrastructure SA/NT and leads our African Centre of Excellence in Adelaide.
Chris has worked in Australia, Asia and Africa both as in-house counsel and as an external advisor. His capability and commitment to his clients is consistently recognised with on-the-ground involvement in delivery of large-scale construction, mining and infrastructure projects and the provision of fly-in crisis management.
Chris' advises on all aspects of construction, mining and infrastructure including:
- infrastructure sourcing and project delivery – (road, rail, water, petroleum, electricity)
- industrial and commercial construction contracts and project management
- mining operations from hard-rock to petroleum (onshore and offshore) and uranium
- joint venture development and relationship management
- procurement – plant, equipment, services
- exploration and drilling
- start-up and operations management
- production, processing and unitisation
- pipeline and multimodal transportation – land, air and sea
- commercialisation of production – wholesale and retail sales
- crisis management response teams and solutions
- farm in/farm out agreements
- tenement management and maintenance
- project finance, hedging and capital raising
- regulatory compliance
- climate change, carbon trading and geosequestration
Chris is also the Vice President of the Australian Mining and Petroleum Lawyers Association SA (AMPLA) and the Honorary Solicitor for the South Australian Rugby Union (SARU) which includes advising in relation to the IRB International Rugby Sevens Adelaide tournament. He is a member of the Emerging Directors Committee of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and is studying for his MBA at the University of New South Wales through the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM).
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