Deals

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.

Coles

Successfully acted for Coles in respect to the making and approval of two distribution centre agreements

Australian Football League

Advised the AFL on its negotiations with the AFL Players Association, addressing the industrial relations and the bargaining framework

Exxon Mobil

A$4.5 billion Exxon Mobil expansion Bass Strait Victoria

Department of Education

Advising on multiple legal proceedings involving claims of discrimination on the ground of disability and the issue of reasonable adjustments and accommodation in the provision of services.

Melbourne Health

Advising on the investigation undertaken into allegations of sexual harassment brought against the then Chair of Melbourne Health

Leading Logistics Company

Advising the Board and Senior Executive on an investigation concerning allegations of sexual harassment by an executive officer. Assisting the company respond to the findings and manage stakeholder expectations.