Allens Arthur Robinson

Our Perth office, established in 1997, has enjoyed rapid growth over the last decade and is now recognised as a significant legal force within the Western Australian business community.

Perth has ready access to the business centres of Asia and is the hub of Western Australia's booming mining, oil and gas sectors. Through our partnership approach with clients, we are well placed to provide leadership and influence the development of business in Western Australia.

Our recent experience includes:

• acting for various insurance companies in the defence of claims against directors and officers arising out of recent Insolvencies
• representing the interests of a number of clients in recent Coronial Inquiries
• assisting ExxonMobil in relation to the long term sale of LNG from the Gorgon project to PetroChina and Petronet LNG
• acting for Rio Tinto in their Brazilian and Argentinian disposals to Vale
• acting for the WA State Solicitor on the proposed Kimberley LNG project
• acting for Elliot Advisers (HK) on a major construction dispute in Africa
• advised Brightwater Care Group on the Rossiter litigation where we advised Brightwater in relation to its criminal and civil liabilities arising from a patient's request that Brightwater cease feeding him to enable him to die
• advising Rio Tinto on its proposed iron ore joint venture with BHP Billiton
• advising Ravensdown Fertiliser Co-operative on its initial entry into Western Australia and subsequent expansion into other states
• acting for Taylor Woodings in their capacity as receivers and managers of the entities which own the Emu Brewery site
• acting for the WA State Solicitor on the Oakajee Port and Rail Project
• assisting Shell in relation to its upstream Oil & Gas interests offshore of Western Australia