Experience

Martin advises in the areas of State and Federal government infrastructure project delivery and procurement program structuring for water, telecommunications, roads, aviation, and rail projects. As principal legal and/or probity advisor, Martin has advised:

• Queensland Government on their liquefied natural gas project, addressing all aspects of the establishment of facilities and advising on regulatory processes for proposed developments;
• ASX and POMSoX-listed companies on contracts, tenement disputes, and regulatory and disclosure requirements in Australia and PNG, including assisting in the provision of due diligence documentation for joint ventures.
• Brisbane City Council on an electronic toll bridge, including all regulatory approvals and structuring the development for private investment;
• statewide tollway networks on major infrastructure and e-Toll projects from conception through to development, installation and maintenance, including advising on business case, EOIs, selection of procurement methodologies (including alliance, ECIO or hard risk contract), bid assessments, and intellectual property matters;
• Queensland Rail on network signaling upgrades of technology and telecommunications systems for implementation across rail networks, and on IT&T technical procurement strategies and project governance for new projects;
• government-owned corporations and listed companies on PPP delivery of broadband networks between cities, urban areas and critical infrastructure providers; and
• on the acquisition of aircraft fleets, and all regulatory compliance and operational issues for commencing airline services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Laws (Hons), 1987
• Admitted to the Supreme Court of Queensland, 1989
• Admitted as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales, 1990
• Admitted to the National Court of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, 1991
• Accredited Probity Advisor on the Queensland and Commonwealth Government Probity Panels
• Accredited Gateway Reviewer – Major Projects
• Accredited Gateway Reviewer – Commonwealth Government Panel
• Accredited Probity Advisor – National Resolution Institute
• Australian Telecommunications Users Group
• Australian Mining and Petroleum Lawyers Association
• Intelligent Transport Systems Australia

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