JWS Consulting is a division of Johnson Winter & Slattery providing commercial consulting services.
Johnson Winter & Slattery is engaged by major businesses, investment funds and government agencies as legal counsel on important transactions and disputes throughout Australia and surrounding regions.
Our firm provides a diverse range of opportunities for talented, enthusiastic people to develop brilliant legal careers.
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We support a number of community initiatives and not for profit organisations across Australia through pro bono legal work and charitable donations.
We support a number of organisations through sponsorships.
Providing outstanding legal services to businesses in the energy and natural resources sectors requires a deep understanding of the unique legal and commercial characteristics of the respective markets.
Ranked as one of Australia’s leading energy and resource teams, our lawyers have specialist expertise from many years involvement in a wide range of projects and transactions in the mining, petroleum and energy sectors.
We act for clients on major projects and transactions as well as operational matters. Our experience extends from resource exploration, through production, processing, trading, haulage and shipping, to sale. It also includes:
Advised on its acquisition of leading Australian underground hard rock contractor, Barminco.
Assisting Alinta Energy in relation to the drafting and negotiation of a number of gas transportation agreements.
Advised in relation to the negotiation and drafting of an agreement with QGC Pty Ltd and the participants in the QCLNG project for the long term supply of natural gas.
Advised on the negotiation of an umbrella construction contract for installation of photovoltaic generating systems and battery systems at up to 73 SA water sites.
Advised on the information access and arbitration arrangements for non-scheme pipelines, now implemented as Part 23 of the National Gas Rules.
Advised in relation to the project structuring for the construction and procurement contracting on the Toliara project (Madagascar).
Advised in the negotiation and drafting of a gas sale and a storage agreement with Origin Energy.
Assisting with the negotiation and drafting of a Gas Supply Agreement, and a Raw Gas Supply and Water Transfer Agreement, both with the participants in the Gladstone LNG Project.
Advised on the power purchase agreement with Zenith Energy for 18.3 MW Gas Fired Power Station at Daisy Milano Gold Mines and associated LNG supply agreement.
Advising on negotiation of haulage agreements for the use of Port Campbell to Adelaide Pipeline.
Advising in relation to a range of issues relating to the future supply of power to OZ Minerals' Prominent Hill and Carrapateena mines in South Australia.
Advised on its divestment of its interest in the Ichthys Project to operating partner INPEX.
Ranked as a leading law firm for natural resources (transactions and regulatory)
Ranked as a band 2 for energy (transactions and regulatory)
Energy law "law firm of the year"
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Ranked as band 3 in energy, resources & infrastructure law
Oil & gas law "law firm of the year" in Australia
Energy law "law firm of the year" in Australia
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Our update covers mining, oil and gas, electricity and renewable energy.
On 3 December 2020, the Electricity Infrastructure Investment Bill 2020 (NSW) (Renewables Bill) was assented to, which for many can be viewed as the final brick in the road towards a recalibration...
Recent amendments to the Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Qld) (EP Act) further reform the mine rehabilitation regime in Queensland.