Allens

The roots of this Allens office go back to 1846, when Robert Little, a lifetime friend of George Wigram Allen, son of the founding Allen, settled in Brisbane and created a law firm.

As Feez Ruthning, the firm became one of Brisbane's leading commercial legal practices, merging with Allens in 1996.

Our Brisbane office has a particularly strong basis in natural resources, infrastructure, property development and corporate work, and a powerful track record in advising the State Government.

Our recent experience includes advising:

• the Queensland Government on the sale of development sites in Gladstone and at Curtis Island in Queensland for future LNG plants and all matters incidental to those sales including seabed tenure conditions and environmental management agreements
• Felix Resources on its A$3.5 billion acquisition by leading Chinese resource company Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited
• NAB on the South East Queensland Schools PPP financing
• Shell on its acquisition of interests in the coal seam methane assets of Arrow Energy, both in Australia and Asia, for up to a total of around US$700 million. The deal also establishes a joint venture arrangement between Shell and Arrow for the exploration and development of coal seam gas assets in Australia and overseas
• Brisbane City Council in its defence of a Supreme Court challenge by an association of rate-payers
• Hutchison 3G Australia in the negotiation and amendment of a 3G roaming agreement with Telstra
• Xstrata on its A$544 million bid for Indophil Resources
• GPT on all aspects of the development, construction, leasing and management of the One One One office tower, a major CBD development showcasing the world's best practice in sustainability and engineering
• on the development of the multi-billion dollar Traveston and Wyaralong dam projects
• on all aspects of the State's largest-ever road project, the A$1.88 billion duplication of the Gateway Bridge and upgrade of 20 kilometres of the Gateway Motorway