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Andrew Corkhill

Partner
Andrew is an experienced corporate and commercial lawyer who acts for domestic and international clients, with a particular focus on the energy and natural resources sector. Andrew also regularly acts for participants in Australia’s clean energy transition, including those involved in renewable energy generation, alternative fuels, hydrogen and waste-to-energy projects and transactions.

Andrew Corkhill is a partner in Cooper Grace Ward’s corporate advisory group.

Andrew is an experienced corporate and commercial lawyer who acts for domestic and international clients across a wide range of sectors with a particular focus on energy and resources, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, foreign inbound investment and corporate financings.

Before joining Cooper Grace Ward, Andrew worked as a senior counsel for a global energy company in London, and in the M&A/energy and resources group of a top-tier Australian law firm. Andrew’s experience also includes secondments with QIC and Senex Energy.

Andrew is recognised by clients and his peers as one of Queensland’s leading corporate and commercial lawyers, being independently ranked in Doyles Guide since 2020.

  • Bachelor of Laws (Honours) – University of Queensland
  • Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice – College of Law
  • Graduate Certificate in Applied Finance and Investment – Kaplan Professional
  • Solicitor – Supreme Court of Queensland and High Court of Australia
  • Member – Queensland Law Society
  • Doyles Guide – Leading Business and Commercial Lawyer (each year since 2020)

Corporate and commercial

  • Advising regularly on high-value mergers & acquisitions, capital raisings, joint ventures, shareholders’ agreements and other collaborative structures across a wide range of sectors.

Energy and resources

  • Advising a major international client on the acquisition of a Queensland coal tenement and associated royalty arrangements, together with successfully obtaining FIRB approval in relation to the transactions
  • Advising a significant ASX-listed oil & gas company on various regulatory approvals in relation to its project development activities
  • Advising an ASX-listed copper producer on regulatory and operational issues, together with strategic corporate financing and offtake transactions
  • Advising a major Australian energy sector participant on its refinery operations and joint venture arrangements
  • Advising an ASX-listed oil & gas company on the restructure of its joint venture arrangements for a producing field
  • Advising an ASX-listed oil & gas company on pipeline transportation arrangements
  • Advising an international oil & gas company on multiple high-value cross-border acquisitions and divestments
  • Advising an international oil & gas company on its upstream E&P activities in Northern Europe
  • Advising a private company on a cornerstone investment in a cross-border mining project
  • Advising on power purchase agreements and connection agreements in the electricity and renewables sectors
  • Advising on alternative fuels, hydrogen and waste-to-energy projects in Australia
  • Advising supply chain participants on upstream and mining services contracts in Queensland

Corporate finance

  • Advising on high-value (predominantly borrower-side) corporate debt financings across a number of sectors.

Areas of Expertise

Publications

An effective regulatory framework for Queensland's hydrogen industry - Queensland Government issues consultation paper

The global demand for hydrogen is expected to nearly double between 2021 and 2030. According to the International Energy Agency’s 2022 World Energy Outlook, Australia is expected to become the second largest net-exporter of low emissions hydrogen by 2030 and the largest by 2050.

Critical reforms to unfair contract terms laws in Australia now in force!

The Treasury Laws Amendment (More Competition, Better Prices) Act 2022 (Cth) is now in effect, transforming the landscape of unfair contract terms under the Australian Consumer Law.

Australia’s business communications evolution – the shift from paper to pixels

Latest changes to the Corporations Act will facilitate more modern and accessible communication between consumers, businesses and regulators - with greater scope for electronic communications and document signing.