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Allens acts for ACCIONA Agua in its joint bid win for A$1.4 billion desalination plant

23 February 2009

Allens Arthur Robinson (Allens) has acted for ACCIONA Agua, an international leader in water treatment, in assisting the company's successful bid for Adelaide's A$1.4 billion desalination plant contract.

Acciona Agua was part of a four-organisation consortium, called AdelaideAqua, that was selected as the preferred consortium to deliver this important infrastructure for South Australia.

Spanish firm ACCIONA Agua worked alongside consortium members United Utilities Australia, McConnell Dowell Constructors and Abigroup Contractors to make up the successful bidding team.

Melbourne-based Partner Emma Warren and Senior Associate Sonja Bennetto led the team on the deal, advising ACCIONA Agua on the complex set of contractual documents, covering design and construction, operations and maintenance.

According to Ms Warren: 'This transaction was both legally and technically complex. It involved a number of parties in the consortium with different roles and the transaction also needed to be completed in a very short timeframe.'

'It was great to be the part of the successful consortium given the hard work of all in the bid team.'

ACCIONA Agua is a leader in the water treatment sector with the ability to design, construct and operate drinking water treatment plants, residual purification plants, tertiary treatment plants for re-use and reverse-osmosis desalination plants.

AdelaideAqua will design, build, operate and maintain the plant at Port Stanvac for 20 years.

Allens legal team Emma Warren (Partner - Melbourne), Sonja Bennetto (Senior Associate - Melbourne)

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Founded in 1822, Allens Arthur Robinson offers one of the most comprehensive legal networks in Australia and Asia with more than 1500 personnel based in 14 cities and eight countries across the region. Clients voted Allens Arthur Robinson the Best Professional Services Firm (revenue over $200 million) and Best Law Firm (revenue over $100 million) in the annual BRW Client Choice Awards 2005, 2006 and 2008. We have been an EOWA Employer of Choice for Women since 2004.