Mark is a specialist environmental and planning lawyer. He acts for Commonwealth, State and local government, statutory authorities, corporations and developers.
Mark is experienced in all aspects of environmental and planning law including contaminated land and brownfield redevelopment, project approvals (infrastructure, energy and resources), environmental regulatory compliance and due diligence and environmental and planning litigation.
Mark advises clients on environmental due diligence and legal strategies for managing environmental and planning legal risk in property and business transactions.
Mark has worked on the environmental and planning aspects of major transactions in the food, transport, energy, mining, water, pharmaceutical, equipment hire and steel industries. He also advises clients on environmental legal compliance and risk management and environmental management systems (including the ISO 14000 standard series), including environmental, energy and greenhouse corporate reporting.
Mark is recognised as a leading environment and planning lawyer by Chambers & Partners in Australia and Best Lawyers in Australia. He is also recognised as ‘Preeminent’ in the list of leading Environment & Climate Change lawyers, Victoria in the 2024 Doyles Guide.
