Tim O'Leary

Tim’s experience includes advising:

• Mitsui & Co on complex, multi-party Federal Court proceedings relating to Mitsui’s operations at Onslow, Western Australia.

• Kidman Resources and leading its successful defence of a Supreme Court claim over its globally significant Earl Grey lithium deposit valued at more than $900 million.

• Aurora Oil & Gas regarding Baytex Energy Corp’s $2.4 billion acquisition of Aurora’s shares by Court approved scheme of arrangement.

• Mighty River International regarding its successful application as a shareholder for inspection of a company’s books under s.247A Corporations Act 2001: Mesa Minerals v Mighty River International (2016) 241 FCR 241.

• Ora Banda Mining Ltd and its subsidiaries regarding numerous successful applications to the Supreme Court of Western Australia for judicial review of decisions made under the Mining Act 1978 (WA).

• Mitsui & Co on a successful application under s.111A of the Mining Act 1978 (WA) to the Minister for Mines to terminate mining tenement applications over Mitsui’s state agreement mining tenure at Onslow, Western Australia.

• An internationally based steel fabricator in a private arbitration regarding construction of equipment for FMG’s Ironbridge Project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia (on-going).

• Ora Banda Mining Ltd in a private arbitration regarding the refurbishment of its gold processing plant.