Rachel specialises in providing advice on all aspects of environmental and resource management issues for private and public sector clients. This includes commercial environmental and planning advice on real estate and infrastructure projects, environmental dispute resolution (mediation, negotiation and litigation), and issues arising on or consequent to the sale or purchase of businesses and assets. Rachel's experience means she can provide practical down-to-earth solutions to environmental problems in any context - corporate transactions, planning projects or site management.

 

Some of Rachel's major projects

• Acting for Trans-Tasman Resources in respect of its offshore prospecting project off the Waikato and Taranaki coasts of the North Island, seeking iron sands and other minerals
• Acting for Seafield Resources in relation to its offshore prospecting project off the West Coast of the South Island, seeking gold and other minerals
• Acting for New Zealand Historic Places Trust in the Environment Court in relation to Landco's proposed development plans for the Long Bay peninsula
• Advising Maui Development about how to protect its gas pipeline asset with reference to various types of legislation
• Advising numerous developers of commercial and residential developments (including aged care facilities), land acquisitions, obtaining resource consents before councils and the Environment Court, and conducting judicial review proceedings in the High Court
• Advising private clients responding to prosecutions by regulatory authorities

 

Regional Chair (New Zealand), Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment

Member, National Environmental Law Association of Australia

Member, New Zealand Association for Environmental Education

Member, Sustainable Business Network

Member, Waste Management Institute of New Zealand

 

 

Recommended individual - ALB Guide: Energy & Resources 2009