Infrastructure

Sean Henderson is a partner in the Cooper Grace Ward construction and infrastructure practice.

During the past 15 years Sean has advised clients on many major construction and infrastructure projects in Australia and the UK.

He has acted for financiers, government, contractors and developers on projects in a variety of sectors including health, education, energy and resources, transport, teleco and property.

Sean’s primary expertise is in construction, engineering and service provisions in infrastructure. However Sean has experience with a broad range of issues and procurement processes and structures in both the public and private sectors, including extensive experience on PFI/PPP projects since 1997.

Recent projects Sean has worked on include the Brisbane Airport Link Toll Road Project, the South East Queensland Water Industry Restructure, the Northern Link Tunnel Project, the Gold Coast Rapid Transit Project, QR’s New Generation Rolling Stock Project, water, LNG, iron ore, coal, mining and infrastructure projects in Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia, and various commercial and office development in Brisbane.

Tarnya is a partner in the property, planning and environment workgroup and leads the planning and environment team.

In addition to her legal qualifications, Tarnya has a Bachelor of Science in environmental science, having majored in ecology and environmental planning. She has recently completed her Master of Urban and Regional Planning with Honours.

Tarnya has experience in the property, resources, agribusiness, infrastructure and public sectors.

In addition to appeals and declarations in the Planning and Environment Court, Tarnya has extensive experience in all aspects of planning and environment law, including:

• Due diligence on planning and environment issues, relating to approvals and compliance issues for IPOs, property acquisitions and corporate restructures and takeovers;
• Master planning and preliminary approvals;
• Compulsory acquisitions of land and compensation issues, including
  proceedings in the Land Court;
• Objections to annual valuations, including proceedings in the Land Court;
• Environmental law, relating to environmental incident responses, investigations and proceedings for environmental offences, including defending companies and directors under Queensland, New South Wales and federal legislation;
• Climate change and renewable energy; and
• Water.