About Tristan Iredell
Tristan is a construction, infrastructure and procurement specialist in our Projects and Development group with particular experience in all forms of contracting for project development. He works with project companies, contractors and financiers on a wide variety of procurement matters in connection with the infrastructure sector in Australia and APAC.
Tristan advises clients in respect of project development agreements, including engineering and procurement contracts (EPC, EPCM, FEED and ECI), as well as other construction, procurement and concession documentation. He is experienced in preparing and negotiating bespoke and international standard contracts (including the FIDIC and other international suites) for specific and complex projects as part of the almost four years he spent at a Magic Circle Firm in Singapore.
Tristan's recent expertise includes advising:
Infrastructure and constructions
- Perth Airport: on various Perth Airport projects, including
- Perth Airport’s infrastructure redevelopment, including capital partner program of works
- Perth Airport Hotel planning, development and construction advice and documentation
- Various construction, development, supply, services and related agreements for its suites of development projects on airport land
- Curtin University Accommodation Project: InfraRed Capital Partners on the agreements for the design, development, facilities management and financing of the student accommodation facilities hub and related infrastructure at Curtin University, including subsequent disputes, builder insolvency issues and sale to IFM
- Public Transport Authority / State Solicitors’ Office: PTA (and SSO) on aspects of various rail projects, including relocation and development of assets and resolution of disputes arising
- City of Perth: on arrangements required for the proposed redevelopment of Carillon City in Perth CBD, including tenure and project arrangements impacting city infrastructure
- City of Perth: on agreements and licences for the new causeway pedestrian and cyclist bridges project from East Perth to Victoria Park
- Multiplex: on various design and construction matters, including notably:
- Construction contracts for the development of the $2.7bn Quay Quarter Tower in Sydney
- Construction contracts and ancillary documentation in respect of the 1 Denison Street project.
- Midland Health Campus: advising and negotiating design and construction contracts for a large and innovative public and private social infrastructure project at Midland Health Campus, involving aspects of PPP and alliance contracting.
Energy and Resources (including critical minerals and energy)
- AngloGold Ashanti: on its initial development and subsequent expansion of the Tropicana Gold Project in Western Australia (comprising a gold mine, on-site ore processing facility and power generation facility), including on mining services, supply, construction and other ancillary contracts, as well as ongoing procurement and contract support
- Rio Tinto: on its proposed EPC / EPCM contracting arrangements and risk allocation for greenfields projects (including renewable projects for its decarbonisation strategy), including advising on counterparty risk
- Ramelius Resources: on the development of its new gold processing arrangements, including advising and negotiating EPC, construction and procurement arrangements
- Liontown Resources: across all aspects of its proposed lithium mine and associated development, including advising, drafting and negotiating procurement and project establishment documentation
- Core Lithium: on all aspects of its Finnis Lithium mine and associated development in the Northern Territory, including procurement documentation
- Bellevue Gold: on the development of its gold mine and processing plant, including advising and negotiating EPC, construction and procurement arrangements
- Newmont: advising on and drafting a suite of procurement documentation (including supply, construction, consultancy and other ancillary contracts) for its existing operations
- Pembroke Mining: on the development of its new mine in Queensland, including in particular electricity transmission procurement and construction
- Edenvale Solar: advising the developer sponsor on the development of the Edenvale solar project, including negotiating EPC and O&M contracts
- Alinta Energy: on various aspects of its energy business, in particular greenfields and brownfields development and ongoing advice on ongoing operational matters
- Gladstone and Gibson Island Projects: advising Incitec Pivot and drafting and negotiating ECI and EPC contracts for the engineering and construction of ammonia storage tanks and associated infrastructure at Gladstone Port and Gibson Island
- LafargeHolcim: advising, preparing and negotiating FEED, EPC, construction and supply agreements for new production plants and expansion projects in India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Thailand
- Hydropower: various proponents in Laos, Thailand and Indonesia in relation to the development, financing and construction of complex hydropower projects.