Team Members

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.

Qualifications, memberships and recognition

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
Doyles Guide – Leading Business and Commercial Lawyer (each year since 2020).

Experience

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.

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