About Emma
Emma is a corporate, commercial and finance lawyer with over 10 years’ experience experience focusing principally in the energy and resources sector.
She acts for clients in unregulated mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, finance and foreign investment matters. Her experience spans due diligence, sale agreements, loan, security, and priority arrangements to complex legislative and advisory work.
Emma brings together a strong understanding of industry, particularly in large scale mining operations, as well as a high level of technical expertise to provide commercially focused advice.
Specialisations
Experience
New Hope Corporation
Acted on the $860 million acquisitions of an additional 40% interest in the Bengalla Joint Venture from Wesfarmers and Mitsui.
NQ Minerals PLC
Advised this listed UK company on the acquisition of the Hellyer Gold Mine and ancillary funding and cross border arrangements.
Malabar Coal Limited
Acted on the finance arrangements for the acquisition of Anglo American’s Drayton and Drayton South mines.
Rio Tinto
Advised potential acquirers involved in Rio Tinto’s divestment of its Queensland coal assets.
Sojitz Corporation
Advised on the selldown of its interest in the Coppabella and Moorvale Joint Venture to Chinese Company CITIC Resources.
CS Energy
Advised on financing and security arrangements in relation to the Batchfire Resrouces acquisition of the Callide Coal Mine from Angle in 2016.