Deals

Transport for NSW - Parramatta Light Rail – Stage 1

Corrs acted for Transport for NSW regarding its acquisition of land for the $2.4 billion Parramatta Light Rail – Stage 1 project. The acquisitions were largely undertaken via negotiated agreements with land owners and required Corrs to advise on issues relevant to the acquisition of strata scheme land in accordance with the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 (NSW).

Victorian Government and South Australian Government - Schools PPP

Advised the Victorian Government in relation to all aspects of the Victorian Schools PPP Project. This included advising on the bidding process and contract development (including EOI and RFBB and other project documentation), bid evaluation and contract negotiation and the provision of general advice regarding legal and commercial issues as they arose.

Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads - Next Gen ticketing

Advised the State of Queensland on its competitive global procurement process and project documentation for the roll out of an innovative a new public transport ticketing system for Queensland. The successful tenderer and current go card operator, Cubic Transportation Systems, will deliver the new system in South East Queensland and in 18 regional areas.

Caydon Property Group

Advised Caydon Property Group on its Malt District Development in Cremorne, a A$1 billion, 5 stage mixed use residential, commercial development on heritage site in central Melbourne.

Skytower

Advised AMP and Billbergia on the construction contract for its A$800 million Skytower project in Brisbane. This will be Brisbane’s tallest building once completed.

Howard Smith Wharves Hotel and Precinct

Advised Howard Smith Wharves on all construction aspects of this A$100 million+ project in Brisbane, including consultant appointments and the construction contracts for the hotel design and construction and precinct development.

Port of Hastings

Acting for Port of Hastings in relation to jetty and associated works to support the development of a gas import facility (FSRU) at Cribb Point, Victoria.

Department of Innovation, Tourism Industry Development (DITID)

Reviewed construction contracts for the Queens Wharf Development and advised the DITID on provisions which may impact the State’s rights (and the Developer’s ability to satisfy its obligations) under the Development Agreement.

National Australia Bank

Acted for National Australia Bank on the delivery and implementation of 3 major transactions comprising NAB’s Melbourne CBD head office comprising a 66,000 square metre whole of building pre-commitment at 405 Bourke Street, a 35,000 square metre pre-commitment in the A$1.6 billion complex at Wynyard Place in Sydney CBD and a 40,000 square metre office tower in the metropolitan suburb of Parramatta.

Coles Limited

Acted for Coles in the development of 2 highly automated distribution centres in Queensland and NSW. These are state of the art distribution centres which will entirely transform the logistics and supply chain for Coles supermarkets in these States, by driving major efficiencies and modernisation. The new warehouses will store and distribute twice the volume of groceries with half the footprint of existing centres.

Medibank

Advised Medibank on the establishment of major new national headquarters in Melbourne valued comprising 30,000 square metres at 720 Bourke Street Docklands.

Goodman

Acted for Goodman on its lease of over 42,000 square metres of industrial logistics space to Amazon in Moorebank, Sydney, including advising on transaction structuring, negotiation and documentation. The lease represented Amazon’s largest foray to date into the Australian market.

SC Lowy/McAleese

Advised a consortium of principally offshore investors led by SC Lowy in the restructure of the ASX listed McAleese transport services group.

Australia Post

Advised Australia Post on its enterprise agreement with its national workforce of approximately 30,000 employees.