Margaret Mertens
Margaret is an experienced lawyer in our Projects, Energy and Infrastructure team, specialising in major projects and construction law.
She has over 25 years of experience in construction and major infrastructure projects and developments in the private and public sectors, both greenfield and brownfield, including commercial, retail and residential property development, health, education, resources, energy, oil and gas, public infrastructure and financing.
Margaret is frequently named in Best Lawyers for Construction/Infrastructure Law. Margaret is a member of the National Association of Women in Construction.
Background
Margaret joined Herbert Smith Freehills as special counsel in 2009. She holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland and is admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland.
Margaret is a member of the National Association of Women in Construction.
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- Charter Hall on all its commercial developments across Australia including the Wesley Place precinct, Melbourne, new Chifley Tower, Sydney and 360 Queen St Brisbane (with Investa) and QIC on commercial and retail developments
- Queensland Health on the Capacity Expansion Program for 12 hospitals in Queensland including redevelopment of the Princess Alexandra and Logan hospitals and a new hospital in Toowoomba
- Queensland Treasury on the proposed development of a common user critical minerals pilot processing plant to help kick start the industry in Queensland
- Mission Australia on social and affordable housing projects under the Housing Investment Fund and Housing Australia Future Fund
- Multiple student accommodation projects for SCAPE, a Build to Rent (BTR) project for Lendlease with QuadREAL as main investor and advising Clean Energy Finance Corporation on BTR projects of Mirvac
Sectors
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