Our dedicated Energy & Resources team provides exceptional support to both Australian and international clients.
Combining specialist legal, regulatory and commercial knowledge in a single practice group ensures that clients have access to the best team to lead and execute their matters and projects. It reflects our belief that expertise, innovation and cooperation across the energy and resources sector, including clean energy, mining, and oil and gas, is necessary to support the energy transition.
We assist clients with their critical and complex transactions, commercial contracts, infrastructure, project developments and disputes – covering every stage of the project lifecycle.
As a regular adviser to key regulatory and industry bodies, JWS is well positioned to help clients ‘see around corners’, and to understand and navigate developments in the sector, as they evolve.
Work highlights
State of South Australia
The world’s first large-scale grid-connected battery project with Neoen and Tesla, including the initial 100MW battery and the subsequent expansion to 150MW.
Simic / Zen Energy
Developer of the Cultana solar project, Playford battery project and Solar River solar and battery project.
RE Partners
Sale to CIP of a portfolio of over 2GW of renewable energy project developments across wind, solar and BESS assets.
Greenspot
Joint venture between the owners of Borg and Bettergrow for the re-development of the old Wallerawang coal-fired power station site at Lithgow in NSW.
Coeclerici
Strategic investment in Vecco Group, which owns the Debella Critical Minerals Project and Australia’s first commercial scale vanadium battery electrolyte manufacturing plant.
Magnetic Rail Group
$888 million acquisition of the OneRail ‘East Coast Rail’ business from Aurizon.
