With wind, solar, and other energy projects on the rise, so too are the accompanying lease agreements. With lease terms that could span for decades, ensure you’ve covered all bases to ensure your client gets a good deal. Gain invaluable skills on how to structure these lease transactions effectively as you decipher term sheets, options and project leases. Plus, walk away with practical tips to safeguard landowners’ interests.
Richard Brooks, Consultant, Ashurst; Recommended Leasing Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2024; Best Lawyers 2025, Government Practice, Leasing Law and Real Property Law
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
- Understanding renewable energy leases: wind, solar and other energy projects
- Structuring the lease transaction:
- Term sheet
- Option to lease
- Project lease
- Practical tips and considerations for landowners
Presented by Michael Stannard, Partner, Mellor Olsson Lawyers; Corporate & Commercial Law Rising Star, Doyle’s Guide 2023; Rising Star, Australasian Lawyer 2024
Presenters
Richard Brooks, Consultant,AshurstRichard Brooks is a consultant in Ashurst's real estate practice. Richard has a broad real estate practice, including acting for REITs and other institutional property owners, developers and corporate and government real estate occupiers, and acting on real estate aspects of M&A, infrastructure and energy and resources projects. Richard is experienced in acting on commercial property leasing (for landlords and tenants), sale and lease backs, real estate investment and real estate development. Richard is listed in Best Lawyers Australia 2024 in Real Property Law, Leasing Law and Government Practice.
Michael Stannard, Partner, Mellor Olsson Lawyers
Michael has extensive experience advising on significant acquisitions and disposals, complex development and construction projects, and commercial, retail and industrial leasing transactions. Michael also advises on renewable energy, telecommunications and infrastructure projects, including land access, tenure and related property arrangements. Clients value Michael’s responsiveness, commercial judgement and ability to deliver clear, strategic and commercially focused advice on complex property matters.
This seminar is part of a series
Leases in Focus: Renewable Energy, Telco Towers & Industrial
Expand your professional toolbox by taking a closer look at some of the more specialised areas of leasing: renewable energy leases, industrial leases and telecommunication tower leases. Often spanning decades, they require meticulous attention to ensure favourable positions for your clients. In this 3-part series, equip yourself with essential skills needed to effectively structure these transactions, master the nuances of their term sheets, and safeguard your clients’ interests.
Attend the full series and earn 3 CPD units in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
If you register for the full series as a live online product after the date of an individual session, you will be sent the recording for the sessions that have passed. Alternatively, you can register for individual sessions by following the links below.
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