Amelia Arndt

Senior Associate

Perth

Amelia is a specialist environment, planning and communities lawyer with broad and meaningful experience helping clients with regulatory risk and compliance, Indigenous engagement, and ESG issues.

Amelia has worked both for, and closely with, large mining and energy corporations, local government and Aboriginal corporations in a broad range of transactions including environment, land access and tenure, native title, Aboriginal heritage, renewable energy, mining and general corporate advisory matters. Amelia is sensitive to the context in which much of her advice and negotiations are undertaken and is valued for her commercial and respectful approach.

Background

Amelia has completed a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from Curtin University.

Experience & expertise

Selected matters

negotiation of native title agreements, Indigenous land use agreements, Aboriginal cultural heritage agreements for multiple mining projects
approvals strategy (including environmental plan requirements), general operations environmental compliance and management advice for major mining, energy, renewable, oil and gas projects in Australia
strategic advice for consultation with project stakeholders and obtaining key environmental approvals
threatened enforcement action for alleged non-compliance with conditions of environmental approval and tenure arrangements under both State and Federal regimes
strategic advice on the impact of major environment and Aboriginal cultural heritage legislative reforms