Our People

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Laws
• Admitted as a Solicitor – NSW (2003) QLD (2006) ACT (2013), PNG (2016), HCA (2018)

• PNG: prior to LLLS, worked for companies, international donors, SOEs and DJAG.
• Australia: worked in large law firms and State and Commonwealth government.

Commercial, company, oil & gas, energy & resources, projects, land, property, development, construction, environment, carbon, climate change, water, conservation, fintech, data, sport, government, disputes, employment, governance, sport, AML/CTF, international development.

Commercial, Employment, Fintech, Sport, Construction, Infrastructure

• M&A, corporations’ law, commercial agreements, loans, charges, security interests.
• Foreign direct investment, FX, tax exemptions.
• Fintech, data protection, cyber, telecoms, AML/CTF, sanctions.
• Procurement, public finance management, grants.
• Employment: contracts for nationals & expatriates, health & safety, workplace policies.
• Construction contracts for manufacturing plants,
• SOE infrastructure development & ownership rights and operational status.
• Sport: licence agreements, trademarks.

Energy & Resources

• Mining, Oil & Gas M&A, including due diligence, regulatory and commercial agreements.
• Tenement applications, transfers, operational & management plans environmental compliance, EIS verification, environmental authorities.
• Renewable energy – solar mini-grids regulatory framework.

Land, Development, Property, Customary Land, Land Groups, Native Title, Cultural Heritage

• Land development, planning, valuation, compulsory acquisition & compensation.
• Drafting sale of land, lease and licence agreements, incl. Vienna Convention matters.
• State Lease allocations, fee simple, survey’s, Land Board appeals, fraud, land rent, valuations, forfeitures, encumbrances, encroachments, easements, reserves, caveats, access, covenants, statutory compliance, subdivisions, consolidations, title conversion, vacant land, customary land/Indigenous Land Groups.
• Customary land advice, Native Title land & sea claims, including future acts, prescribed body corporates, Aboriginal cultural heritage laws and impacts.

Environment & Planning, Forestry, Climate Change, Carbon, Conservation, Water

• Environmental harm, contamination, offsets and social impact mitigation.
• Forest Management Agreements, timber permits, EU Deforestation Regulation.
• Carbon & conservation projects, protected areas, FPIC, safeguards, landowner agreements.
• PNG NDC legal framework, CCDA carbon markets & REDD+ technical committees.
• Water rights, transfers & trading, water service delivery, charging & infrastructure development, power to flood land, environmental watering.

Disputes

• Litigation: commercial contracts, regulated watering, flood mitigation, tenement disputes, environmental nuisance.
• Mediation (carbon project landowner dispute).
• Judicial review: contracts, land, ICT, employment, maritime, leadership tribunal.
• Planning & environment, land valuation & compulsory acquisition appeals.
• Defence Administrative Inquiries & Sanctions.

lnternational Development

• Exemption from certification, charitable status, foreign aid status.
• Tax exemptions, Vienna Conventions.
• Diplomatic & consular sensitive matters.
• DJAG (PNG) organisational and technical capacity building.

• Law Society of Papua New Guinea – Unrestricted Practicing Certificate
• Commonwealth Lawyers Association – PNG Council Member
• American Chamber of Commerce Coral Sea – Secretary
• Governance Institute of Australia – Affiliated
• Association of Corporate Counsel (Australia)
• LAWASIA – Member