Law consultant & advisor experience

Peter Taimre

January 2018 - Onwards

ISS (Country and Group roles combined)

Role: In-house Counsel 

Corporate and commercial law advice as part of multi-billion dollar, listed international cleaning and facilities management group with continual excellent feedback:

  • Deal team member for 3 x major multi-country group contracts, including for KPIs and performance, plus others.

  • Negotiating and designing solutions for complex overseas client needs.

  • Providing strong advisory service including specific IP and other advice, including on disputed matters.

  • Developing Group standard contract suite with aim of simplicity and reduced negotiation friction.

  • Working with bid teams to ensure suitable positions in multimillion dollar and DKK services contracts via competitive tenders and other environments.

  • Starting global interaction and collaboration, including coming up with a simple ‘world on a page’ contract summary.

  • Closedown of surplus entities, advising on exit of business unit and novation/termination of associated contracts and disposal of assets.

  • Proposing and drafting deeds of indemnity, managing major claims, contract exits.

  • Advising on PPP projects (DKK2bn+ in total value) including management of external counsel through negotiation of services contract and interface arrangements, corporate requirements.

  • Managing disputes and litigation including recovery of DKK2.4m+ in due diligence costs, negotiation and settlement of DKK500,000 residual stock value dispute, various claims for demobilisation or out-of contract costs.

  • Negotiating and drafting custom agreements as required by the business including supplier finance agreements and more.

  • Negotiating and drafting subcontractor arrangements, including back to back terms.

January 2018 - February 2023

TAIMRE & CO. LAW (Sole Law Practice - independent law firm run outside hours)

Role: Pricipal 

Corporate and commercial law advice to mining, services and other clients on matters including:

  • Advising on application of royalty to renewed tenement under sale arrangement.

  • Advising on and drafting documentation for pre-listing steps of Vanadium explorer.

  • Advising on and drafting documentation for sale of Manganese interests for junior explorer.

  • Advice on waiver and liability for small ventures.

  • Advice on acquisition of film rights, releases and art exhibitions.

  • Advice on exclusivity and agency agreements for film productions.

  • Advising on protection and potential further commercialisation of software product for junior software developer.

  • Drafting capital raise documents.

  • Negotiating various high-value success fee arrangements with investment intermediaries.

July 2016 - January 2018

HOLDING REDLICH

Role: Special Counsel

Corporate and commercial law advice to mining, services and other clients on matters including:

  • Lead lawyer for various junior resources companies, including negotiating joint ventures, tenement acquisitions and disposals and advising on corporate secretarial matters.

  • Negotiating a series of significant property industry joint venture agreements.

  • Drafting significant success fee and non-circumvention arrangement for property client.

  • Advising on complex joint venture exits in aquaculture and property industries.

  • Continuing as lead lawyer on major mining project in Papua New Guinea including coordinating litigation advice, providing investment structuring advice, probity advice, advising on landowner negotiations and conducting general commercial negotiations.

  • Advising on a graphite farmin arrangement for a junior resources client as well as various investment term sheets.

  • Drafting and advising on unit trust acquisitions including drafting umbrella arrangement for multiple trusts.

  • Drafting and advising on a major timber sale contract and associated business issues.

  • Drafting a substantial special purpose management services agreement.

  • Managing due diligence on proposed acquisition of a large franchise business.

  • Negotiating business-critical IT services agreement suite for logistics company.

  • Lead lawyer on lithium tenement acquisition, including option structure.

November 2014 - July 2016

Oceanie Lawyers Pty Ltd

Director/Special Counsel 

Firm management, including staff, financial and marketing work and providing focused commercial law advice to mining, services and other clients on matters including:

  • Lead lawyer on major mining project in Papua New Guinea including coordinating litigation advice, providing investment structuring advice, probity advice, advising on landowner negotiations and conducting general commercial negotiations.

  • Drafting and advising on a commodity splitting agreement and potential backdoor listing for a currently unlisted minerals and oil exploration company.

  • Reviewing and advising on adoption of a model constitution and shareholders agreements for an unlisted minerals and oil exploration company.

  • Drafting, negotiating and advising on the transfer of intellectual property and licence-back and terms and conditions for a small professional services firm.

  • Drafting standard terms of business for a logistics services entity.

  • Managing corporate and other advice on New Caledonian and other legal systems for various clients.

  • Advising on land access issues in the Solomon Islands for an aspiring mining company.

  • Conducting due diligence and drafting share purchase agreement for acquisition of an Australian agricultural science company.

  • Assisting on Vanuatu law aspects of a major financial services institution’s business sale.

  • Drafting and advising on a small-scale share issue process for an unlisted minerals and oil exploration company.

  • Assisting with advice on standard terms and conditions of sale and purchase for a significant machinery provider (Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands jurisdictions).

  • General commercial work in the Australian jurisdiction.

October 2013 – November 2014

Oceanie Lawyers Pty Ltd

Consultant Solicitor

  • Drafting and advising on shareholders agreements, major deed of settlement for surrender of mining tenements (Northern Territory) and other commercial documents including loans.

  • Drafting advice regarding potential shipping claim in Pacific Islands.

  • advising on Pacific Island resources law access arrangements.

  • Advising on non-disclosure and investment structure documentation.

June 2012 – November 2013

GVK HANCOCK COAL

Role: Legal Counsel (in-house) 

Corporate and commercial counsel. In-house Legal Counsel to major coal mine and infrastructure development client developing one of the largest project-financed coal projects in the world, dealing with a broad scope of commercial contracts and corporate matters including:

Cost/Operations:

  • Drafting and advising on 32 million tonne per annum mining services agreement (approx. A$multiple billion value).

  • Advising, drafting and negotiating Infrastructure Operator Agreements (each approx. A$800 million value).

Revenue side matters

  • Advising on and drafting Coal Sales Agreements including a master agreement international customer version (approx. A$3.2 billion value) including managing and working with external counsel.

  • Advising on and drafting Rail Haulage and Terminal Services Agreements (infrastructure customer agreements) including managing and working with external counsel.

Corporate:

  • company secretarial work including managing stakeholders, preparing board resolutions, authority issues, simple loans, powers of attorney and a company transfer.

  • Corporations law advice, including deeds of indemnity and compliance issues.

  • Negotiating and drafting success fee arrangements with major investment banks, investor non-disclosure agreements.

Tenure/Land and other matters:

  • Complex land, security and no-objection deal to secure section of land corridor (alliance arrangement) (A$50 million) including managing and working with external counsel and internal stakeholders.

  • Representation in court to assist discontinuance of A$25m land court proceedings.

  • Negotiating conditions for a major environmental approval for a new port.

  • Defence of construction industry payment claim from engineering contractor.

November 2011 - June 2012

Ashurst Australia

Role: Lawyer in corporate team

Summary:

  • Secondment to major coal mine and infrastructure development client (GVK Hancock Coal Pty Ltd):

  • Advising on company secretarial issues.

  • Corporations law advice, including deeds of indemnity.

  • Corporate issues including assistance with registration of security and information sharing issues.

  • Commercial agreements and advice, including financial advisor engagement, engineering and other services, coal sale agreement, potential MOU in relation to power; common user infrastructure agreement.

  • Miscellaneous legal issues including FOI disclosure and public notice.

  • Land acquisition issues (various).

  • Legal management of water call option agreements (in excess of A$40m value).

  • Drafting and advising on PNG Company share sale.

  • Advising on PNG stamp duty liability in oil and gas context.

September 2009 - November 2011

CARNIVAL PLC (t/as Carnival Australia)

Role: In-house role in major international cruise ship company

Summary:

  • Advising on a broad range of legal issues for Australian/New Zealand branch of multi-entity and brand cruise ship owner/operator.

  • commercial agreements including strategic and concession agreements.

  • claims & litigation management (including un-litigated claims).

  • Review and advice on marketing material for print, radio, TV and electronic media.

  • consumer law issues and advice for passenger interface.

  • ship charters and associated arrangements including bank guarantees.

  • Servicing a number of internal client groups, the focus was on AU/NZ issues for 8 locally based cruise ships (3 brands) and providing intra-group advice to support 4 further brands’ vessels.

Some examples of work include:

  • Drafting, varying and assisting with management of a special purpose ship charter, including calling bank guarantee.

  • Advising on supply, docking, repair and other agreements.

February 2007 – September 2009

BLAKE DAWSON LAWYERS (now Ashurst)

Role with top tier National firm

Admitted to the Supreme Court of Queensland 5 November 2007.

  • Drafting accurate, easy to follow and commercially sensible advice;

  • Advising on highly complex foreign tax issues impacting financial modelling including for major LNG project (PNG).

  • Document drafting and review (incl. joint venture agreements, constituent documents, options, transfer and security documentation).

  • Managing due diligence processes (including inputs from interstate and PNG lawyers).

  • Liaising with internal and external clients.

Specific experience: Oil & Gas, Mining, Unregulated M&A, Corporations Act, Litigious

Oil & Gas

Financing to major LNG project (PNG counsel to export credit agencies)

  • Assisting with drafting legal DD report and key issues lists.

  • Advising on corporate and taxation aspects (including identifying the need for legislative change).

  • Advising on Oil & Gas legal framework in PNG.

  • Assisting with DD coordination.

  • Detailed analysis of legislative framework.

Proposed acquisition of interest in LNG project (Malaysian company)

  • Advising on taxation aspects.

  • Assisting with DD on tenements.

Mining

$550m Sale and farmout of major gold interests in PNG (major listed mining company)

  • Assisting with DD coordination.

  • Drafting resolutions and transfer documentation.

  • Advising on tenement status and requirements for transaction.

  • Compiling and managing action items lists and completion timetable.

  • Assisting with completion and registration of transaction documents. 

Proposed acquisition of lead/silver tenements in Queensland (major resources group)

  • Drafting option to purchase and share sale document.

  • Assisting with DD coordination.

  • Conducting corporate DD and drafting corporate section of DD report.

 Proposed $10m purchase of shareholding in Queensland coal company (major Korean companies)

  • Reviewing share structure and drafting corporate structure and input for DD report.

  • Reviewing and reporting on charges.

Sale of USD140m gold assets in PNG (listed mining company)

  • Conducting DD on tenements.

  • Preparing transfer documentation.

  • Reviewing key contracts.

  • Drafting novation deeds.

 Proposed acquisition of a Tasmanian gold mining company (listed mining company)

  • Assisting with DD coordination.

  • Drafting corporate section of DD report.

   Native title clearances (quarrying company)

  • Obtaining relevant searches including native title maps and historical tenure documents.

  • Reviewing tenure and drafting advice regarding extinguishment of native title.

Other unregulated M&A

Purchase of international laboratories business (major US laboratories group)

  • Coordinating Queensland DD team (property, IP, litigation, corporate).

  • Attending site and arranging access to relevant documentation for Australian and overseas teams.

  • Coordinating Q&A process for Australian team.

  • Coordinating Queensland inputs to key issues list and report.

  • Reviewing corporate documentation and drafting corporate section of DD report.

Corporations Act (Aus.)

 Corporations Act advice (major resources group)

  • Advising on Corporations Act meeting requirements.

  • Drafting associated resolutions.

  • Drafting amendments to constituent documents.

Conversion of no liability companies (major listed mining company)

  • Advising on Corporations Act company conversion process.

  • Drafting resolutions to effect transition.

  • Preparation and lodgement of relevant forms and confirming gazettal.

   Loan to distressed subsidiary (European technology company)

  • Advising on strategies to retain value in Australian subsidiary.

  • Advising on voidable preferences under Corporations Act.

  • Drafting security documentation, relevant ASIC (regulatory) forms and registering.