Law Firms

Zenith Energy has signed a $1.9 billion refinancing, in a deal that also provides the remote off-grid power generation company with $1 billion in growth capital to support new projects.

The judge who approved a $2.4 million settlement in a class action against Carnival said it should be regarded as a victory that cruise passengers got anything, when the case was pleaded at an "unsustainably high level".

Dentons has reached a settlement with a former real estate partner who claims he was forced to resign from the law firm and accused the firm's Australian chair of sharing an anti-vaccine email.

Generative artificial intelligence is a game changer for the construction industry, promising better collaboration and fewer costly mistakes, but the technology also presents a host of thorny legal challenges, experts say.

Johnson Winter Slattery has lured a partner from DLA Piper who has extensive experience working on major energy projects.

A judge says his experience working alongside the law firm pursuing an investor class action against Origin Energy prior to his appointment to the bench does not disqualify him from hearing the case.

A unit of Singapore developer Stamford Land Corporation has sued Parkview Constructions over alleged defects in a 700-apartment development in Sydney’s Macquarie Park. 

Canberra developer Geocon has filed a legal challenge seeking a tax refund on sales from a development for 360 residential units. 

A Tasmanian community group has lost its challenge to a decision approving the construction of a wharf to facilitate the transport of hundreds of 86 metre-long wind turbine blades for a controversial wind project on Robbins Island.

Herbert Smith Freehills has helped EnergyAustralia secure financing for its Wooreen Energy Storage System project, paving the way for construction on the Latrobe Valley BESS.