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Piper Alderman Lawyers

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Piper Alderman Lawyers is a leading adviser to commercial interests across Australia on environmental matters.

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The Piper Alderman Property & Projects Division is a specialist national division which covers environmental law, property acquisitions, leasing, titling arrangements, development agreements, planning and local government law, liquor licensing and infrastructure matters. With offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide, our depth of resources enables us to provide the assistance needed in the most urgent, complex and substantial cases.

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Piper Alderman's environment team has the experience and capacity to advise on the following environmental issues:

  • a comprehensive planning and development legislation service from the planning and building stage through to the operational logistics of the set up and running of the project, along with any litigation that may arise
  • statutory compliance, including specialist legal advice in relation to rights and obligations, structuring and implementing environmental awareness and training programs, implementing environment management systems and contingency plans
  • expertise regarding native vegetation and water resources, including advising, defending prosecutions under the Native Vegetation Act, negotiating heritage agreements for the protection of native vegetation and preparing submissions on water resources issues
  • native title and Aboriginal heritage, including identification of claims, risk management, exploration and access agreements, site protection agreements and Indigenous landuse agreements
  • due diligence and legal audit
  • negotiations with government agencies
  • disputes and litigation.

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Selected clients include Adelaide Bank, Bridgestone Australia Ltd, Hardy Wine Company, Beach Petroleum, BHP Billiton, Boral Resources, Mayne Group, Connex Group Australia, Rinker Australia, Coopers Brewery Ltd and Cultus Petroleum.

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Name Ashley Watson Piper Alderman logo
Job Title Partner
Address
167 Flinders Street
City/Suburb
Adelaide
SA 5000 Australia
Email
enquiries@piper-alderman.com.au
Phone +61 8 8205 3333
Fax +61 8 8205 3300
Website www.piper-alderman.com.au

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