Holly Vaughan

Senior Associate

Brisbane, Australia

Holly is a senior associate in the projects, energy and infrastructure team specialising in environment and planning law.

Holly specialises in environment and planning law. Holly advises a broad range of government and private sector clients on major projects, environmental and planning litigation, environmental compliance and regulatory issues including in respect of emissions reduction and carbon trading schemes.

Holly is recognised by Doyle’s Guide as a Rising Star in the field of Planning and Environment Law (2022).

Background

Holly holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the Queensland University of Technology.

Experience & expertise

Selected matters

Major project facilitation – Advising on the approvals strategy, environmental assessment, commercial arrangements and delivery of complex and large scale projects.
Transactions – Advising on environmental, planning, native title and cultural heritage risks and commercial terms in transactions for an extensive range of projects.
Litigation – Successfully acting for government and private sector clients in the Queensland Planning and Environment Court, the Queensland Supreme Court and the Queensland Court of Appeal.
Regulatory development – Advising on the development of government policy and legislation for land planning, environmental assessment, licensing, enforcement, land acquisition and land access.
Carbon offsets and transactions – Advising in relation to processes for the acquisition of carbon offsets, carbon funding agreements, environmental offsets and acquisition of eligible offsets projects.
Heritage places – Providing advice in respect of issues concerning heritage places including in relation to listing applications for the Queensland Heritage Register.