My practice focusses on helping clients develop and maintain their social licence to operate. I work hand-in-glove with clients to help them deliver complex major projects, including developing and implementing land access and assembly strategies (covering both voluntary arrangements and compulsory access and compensation) and assisting them to obtain project approvals (including providing representation in contested hearings) for environmental, planning, cultural heritage, water and regulatory matters.

I also regularly advise on biodiversity and carbon markets; climate change, nature positive, ESG and sustainability; compliance, regulator investigation and prosecution matters; circular economy and waste management; cultural heritage compliance and management; rehabilitation and decommissioning; contaminated land management; environmental licensing and pollution control.

Career highlights

• Successfully advising Neoen Australia and HMC Capital on their marquee renewable energy project in Victoria, the Kentbruck Green Power Hub. Once constructed, the project will be the second largest wind farm in Victoria, comprising up to 105 turbines, a 600MW generation capacity, and an estimated capital cost of AUD $1.2 billion. I have been the lead legal adviser on the Project since 2022, providing strategic counsel across a broad range of complex environmental, planning, and stakeholder matters, including advising on the preparation of the Project's Environment Effects Statement (comprising 21 report chapters and 27 technical reports), and leading on the assessment of the project throughout the joint Inquiry and Advisory Committee (IAC) public hearing process, spanning over 8 weeks. I led the client's participation throughout the IAC process, supervising a team of lawyers and instructing a team of three barristers led by Senior Counsel, and coordinating the preparation and presentation of the Project across all technical disciplines.
• Successfully advising the Tasmanian Government on the AUD$1.13 billion Macquarie Point Multipurpose Stadium. Described as a ‘once-in-a-generation’ infrastructure development for Hobart, it is broadly considered the most high-profile development in Tasmania over the last 30 years.  I acted as lead legal adviser throughout the assessment and approvals process, which included preparation of assessment documentation, supervising a team of lawyers and instructing a team of two Senior Counsel throughout the hearing process, and working with experts across a range of technical disciplines. The project was approved by both Houses of the Tasmanian Parliament in late 2025. 
• Successfully advised Yarra Ranges Council throughout the Environment Effects Statement process for the Warburton Mountain Bike Destination, a project that will ultimately deliver over 160 kilometres of mountain bike trails within national park, State forest and private land. The Project has been designed to be a world-class mountain bike destination, and to set a new benchmark in environmental protection, management and performance for mountain bike destination projects. My role included representing the project proponent throughout the 15 day Inquiry and Advisory Committee hearing process, which assessed the project's Environment Effects Statement and the associated planning scheme amendment, and received over 2,700 public submissions on matters including the appropriate use of national parks and protected drinking water supply catchments, impacts on endangered species and habitats, and the appropriate planning and regulatory controls for a long linear infrastructure project which is to be established within a sensitive environmental and social setting.
• Successfully advised Marble Solar on all land access and approvals matters associated with the Winton North Solar Farm, a 100MW solar farm and battery storage facility. My role included negotiating land access arrangements for the project and associated distribution line, successfully settling objector and conditions appeals, and obtaining planning permission which was directed to be issued by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
• Successfully advised on the establishment and management of some of the largest and most significant nature conservation reserves in Victoria's history. This has included facilitating site establishment, contracting project delivery, securing long term funding through innovative mechanisms which access local and international biodiversity and carbon markets, and reserving the land for long term protection and conservation purposes.
• Advising a number of miners of critical minerals, mineral sands and gold, and extractive industry operators on land access and assembly matters (including through use of voluntary agreements and compulsory access tools), approvals matters (including under mining and extractives, environmental, planning and cultural heritage legislation), regulatory compliance and rehabilitation matters. Also regularly advise industry through relevant industry bodies such as the Minerals Council of Australia.
• Partnered with organisations such as the United Nations Environment Programme on thought leadership initiatives such as understanding the role of climate litigation and liability as a catalyst of adaptation, and delivering worldwide training to financial institutions on the issue.
• Advising the State Government on a range of complex and confidential environmental law matters, including creating innovative reform proposals that have been accepted by Government and resulted in legislative reforms passed by Parliament.
• Advised Rail Projects Victoria on planning, environment and land access issues for the $11 billion Melbourne Metro Tunnel project. This is one of Victoria's largest public transport projects and the first underground railway constructed for more than a generation.
• Acted for Neoen on the environmental, land and approvals issues associated with the development and financing of the 100MW Numurkah Solar Farm (one of Victoria’s largest solar farms). I have also assisted Neoen on land tenure, cultural heritage and approvals issues associated with the Kentbruck Green Power Hub, the Navarre Green Power Hub, the Shepparton Solar Farm, the Kaban Green Power Hub, the Bulgana Green Power Hub and other early-stage renewable energy projects.