Energy

Madgwicks has extensive experience in and is committed to the energy sector.

Over the last fifteen years Madgwicks has worked across the energy industries with generators, distributors, retailers and industry associations, as well as manufacturers and suppliers of goods and services to the electricity, gas and water industries.

The services we provide in the Energy area include advice on:

• Construction, operation and maintenance of energy facilities;
• Structuring, financing and security arrangements;
• Connection Agreements, distribution agreements and supply agreements for electricity and gas;
• New energy business opportunities;
• Construction, engineering and operation and maintenance agreements;
• Trade practices issues, and market regulation issues for electricity and gas markets;
• Commercial contracts and joint ventures;
• Property acquisitions, easements and lease agreements;
• Intellectual property issues and licensing arrangements;
• Energy Trading including ISDA's, green energy products and carbon trading issues; and
• Capital raising, Corporations Act and governance issues.

Our experience in the Energy area includes:

• Advising one of Madgwicks' major energy clients on documentation, corporate and operational issues relating to the development and network connection of power stations in Western Australia, South Australia and New South Wales;
• Advising and negotiating terms for the construction and operation of large scale wind energy farms, totaling approximately $2 billon in value, in Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand;
• Advising a large listed manufacturing company on retail gas supply and gas transportation arrangements for large industrial facilities in Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania;
• Providing corporate, construction law and regulations advice, negotiating and drawing finance, corporate and project contractual documentation for a major solar energy project;
• Advising a large multi-national energy business on Power Purchase Agreements involving sale of energy, RECs, NGACs and Green Power Rights; and
• Documentation and negotiation of ISDA Master Agreements and Schedules for a multi-national electricity generator and retailer.