Sarah-Anne Butler
Sarah-Anne is a solicitor in HSF’s Projects, Energy & Infrastructure team in Melbourne.
Sarah-Anne’s practice focuses on both the procurement and corporate aspects within the energy sector. She has experience on a range of transactional and advisory work involving renewable energy projects and assets, including project delivery, offtake agreements, joint ventures, acquisitions, divestments and commercial contracts.
Sarah-Anne’s breadth of experience across both project development and M&A transactions means she is well placed to advise on all stages of a project’s life cycle. She is committed to working collaboratively with clients to deliver practical and tailored advice that is best suited to meet their needs and that of their projects.
Background
Sarah-Anne holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) / Bachelor of Arts (majoring in Psychology) and a Diploma in Languages (Mandarin) from Monash University. She is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Victoria and the High Court of Australia.
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- Mainstream Renewable Power and Someva Renewables on their successful joint venture bid for the investigations permits granted by NSW Forestry Corporation for the Sunny Corner Wind Farm site in New South Wales
- Equis Development Pte Ltd in respect of the development of the 2 x 150MW/300MWh Calala BESS in New South Wales
- RWE Renewables Australia in relation to the development of the approximately 1.1GW Theodore Wind Farm in Queensland
- The shareholders of solar farm developer ESCO Pacific (including Shell) on the A$126 million sale of 100% of the shares in ESCO Pacific to OX2
- BP on its acquisition of a 40.5% interest in, and operatorship of, the Asian Renewable Energy Hub (a proposed green hydrogen project in Western Australia)
- EnergyAustralia in respect of the development and procurement of the 350MW Wooreen BESS project in Victoria
Sectors
