Deals

QIC

Advised QIC on a range of investments, including in consortia with Minderoo Foundation and Colinton Capital Partners on the acquisition of Buildsafe Australia.

x15ventures

Advised x15ventures on capital raising and the sale of a majority shareholding to private equity firm Advent Partners.

Repurpose It

Advising Repurpose It on a range of environmental regulatory compliance and transitional issues associated with the recent commencement of significant amendments to the Environment Protection Act 2017 (Vic).

Transgrid

Advising Transgrid, the manager and operator of the high voltage electricity transmission network in NSW and the ACT, on its environmental impact statement, federal environmental approvals and land access rights for the installation of 360 km of 500 kv transmission lines from the Snowy Hydro 2.0 generator site to Wagga Wagga, Bannaby and Maragle substations, in NSW. The project has an estimated value of between A$2.3-5 billion.

AGL – Liddell Power Station decommissioning

Advising AGL, Australia’s largest electricity generator, in connection with its decommissioning of the Liddell Power Station.

Major Retailer

Reviewing the policy and risk framework designed to manage human rights risks of the use of facial recognition software.

eBay

Advised on the regulation framework relevant to its potential listing of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), as well as cryptocurrencies and digital wallets in the context of online purchases.

Tencent/Weipay

Advising on compliance with anti-money laundering laws and other financial criminal laws for payment products.

Major Cloud Services Vendor

Advised a leading cloud services vendor (headquartered in the US) on a major cross-jurisdictional data security breach investigation conducted by the US Federal Trade Commission and data protection authorities in a range of other countries including Australia, Ireland and Canada.

NSW Department of Education

Advising on a data breach and managing a significant and complex forensic, notification and remediation process.

Atlassian

Advising on data privacy.

Oxfam

Acting in relation to a major data breach incident concerning the information of a large number of Australians.

Canva

Advising in relation to privacy and content moderation and platform liability matters in Australia, and coordinating a team of global counsel in relation to these issues.

Flybuys

Acted in relation to the launch of its new data division, Unpacked.