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LEADERS IN MINING, ENERGY AND RESOURCES LAW 

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Legal support for projects in Australia, Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, South Africa, Middle East, America and more

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BL & Bocca Legal provides start-to-end comprehensive legal advice, support and integrated solutions for all mining, energy and resources projects, from tenement application through to decommissioning and rehabilitation.

 

Our team are able to support you with any project in the global mining, energy and resources sector or in diverse jurisdictions as Australia, Africa, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, South Africa and as well as in the USA. Our advice on mining, energy, oil and gas, electricity and utilities, renewables, water and resources includes: 

  • Acquisitions and divestments

  • Mergers and acquisitions (M&A), due diligence and joint venture arrangements, Structuring of oil and gas operations

  • Government agreements and negotiations

  • Service agreements (including mining contracts and infrastructure contracts) in respect of operating mines

  • Commodity sales, off-take arrangements, transport, including shipping, refining and marketing of petroleum products

  • Sale and purchase agreements including shipping Gas and LNG supply and purchase

  • Farm-in agreements, farm-out or other commercial arrangement, and provide advice on regulatory compliance

  • Incorporated and unincorporated joint venture agreements

  • Production sharing agreements, licensing (royalty and taxation regimes) and risk-sharing agreements

  • Solicitors reports for prospectuses or other public disclosure documents

  • Dispute resolution including alternate dispute resolution (ADR), arbitration and mediation

  • Floating LNG projects (liquefaction and regasification)

  • Hydrocarbon processing and storage

  • Intellectual property, including patents

  • Pipelines, terminals and storage facilities

  • Shale and hydraulic fracking

  • Marine, tidal and hydropower

  • Power trading, cross border supply and wheeling

  • Solar, including photovoltaic and CSP

  • Wind, including onshore, offshore and floating offshore

  • provides advice on regulatory approvals and compliance (e.g Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety or equivalent to jurisdiction )

  • Court proceedings or objections made under the Mining Act

 

 

Mining, Energy and

Resources  

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BL & Bocca Legal provides strategic advice in relation to land access processes to support mining, energy resources and infrastructure projects.

 

Our expertise includes regulatory advice relating to the grant and operation of tenements under State legislation, advice on overlapping tenement issues, advice on water rights affecting mining tenures, the emerging greenhouse gas storage legislation, land access and compensation issues, joint venture and joint operating arrangements, and royalty agreements.  Our team are able to support you with advice on your project including:

  • negotiating compensation and access issues with mining and gas companies

  • Miners’ rights

  • Mining access agreements, Heritage agreements

  • Pastoral access agreements

  • State agreements

  • Crossing agreements

  • Advice on accessing Reserves, private land, co-existing tenure, LUAs (Indigenous Land Use Agreements)

  • dealing with environmental authorities

  • native title issues (to Native title owners or proponents on native title and Aboriginal heritage),

  • Advice on ILUAs (Indigenous Land Use Agreements)

  • Advice on different types and stages of native title claims and determinations

  • On-country negotiations with native title groups and/or their representatives(e.g native title issues or equivalent to jurisdiction )

  • petroleum leases

  • sales and transfers of interests

 

Contact one of our Land Access & Mining Law specialists for the advice you need.

Land Access, Native Title and Heritage

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BL & Bocca Legal also provides general commercial and contractual advice to exploration and mining companies.

 

We support clients across the full lifecycle of a project and on business-critical issues. we can provide you with legal advice on its transactions and provide regular contractual advice, negotiation and drafting services Our team are able to support you with advice including:

  • Contract/agreement creation and review

  • Advice on general business transactions

  • Corporate governance

  • Corporate restructures

  • Compliance with the Corporations Act 

  • Shareholder agreements

  • Foreign registered companies and investment in diverse jurisdictions as Australia, Africa, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, South Africa and as well as in the USA

Commercial and Contractual Advice 

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 Tenement/claim Application Through to Decommissioning & Rehabilitation 

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ABOUT

BL & Bocca Legal is one of progressive mining, energy and resources legal practices in the industry with its head office in Sydney Australia.

 

Our team are able to support you with any project in the global mining, energy and resources sector or in diverse jurisdictions as Australia, Africa, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, South Africa and as well as in the USA.

 

With the strongest global network of skilled renewable energy legal advisors, we offer leading strategic advice and pride ourselves in being able to assemble a legal team from multiple practice areas who offer a wealth of experience in mining, energy and resources transactions and disputes in every major region of the world.

 

We can also assist your project or transaction by providing a ‘virtual lawyer’ service or in-house legal service on a contract or consultancy basis. The energy and resources sector is facing a range of ongoing challenges with the uncertainty of commodity prices and its becoming imperative for companies to be aware of the regulatory framework within which they operate and have trusted expect legal advisers in the industry

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2023

Vision Year Established

206

Project Capacity & Capability  

870

Global Expert Network

26

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Head Office

215-219 George Street

Liverpool, NSW Sydney Australia  2570

 

info@blboccalegal.com.au

Tel: 1300 411 044 

Agreement Review & Negotiations 

To get a complimentary assessment for your agreement with BL &  Bocca Legal, please send a copy of the agreement together with supporting documents to: info@blboccalegal.com.au

Get a quote: 1300 411 044

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