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Bryan
is a senior commercial partner in the Wellington
office and leader of the firm’s Energy and Climate Change
workgroups.
He has specialised in energy,
resources and related infrastructure projects for many years and has
advised on all legal issues facing those who participate in these
areas, for example: risk analysis; contract negotiation and
preparation; contract analysis; relevant competition law and
regulatory regimes; project entities and structures; project
financing and project acquisitions and divestments.
Bryan is listed by the
Euromoney’s Guide to World’s Leading Energy & Natural
Resource Lawyers and the International Who’s Who of Oil and Gas
Lawyers as one of the world’s leading energy and oil and gas
lawyers; he is described by the Client Guide to New Zealand Law Firms
as “having considerable expertise” and an
“excellent reputation” in this field.
Bryan
has acted for the New Zealand Government, multinationals and other
private sector companies in relation to the sale of gas and petroleum
products, petroleum exploration and development; petrochemicals, coal
and electricity projects, including wholesale markets; the
distribution and transmission of electricity and gas, gold mining,
coal mining and aluminium smelter projects.
He also has experience in the
corporatisation and privatisation of state enterprises, acquisitions
and divestments; sale and purchase of petroleum products and
licensing of technical know-how. More recently, he has experience in
emission trading and related climate change issues.
Bryan
also has extensive experience in the economic regulation and trade
practice law issues.
He is the co-author of ‘Resource Management’, Thompson
& Brookers and ‘Energy Laws, Laws of New Zealand’,
Butterworths, and is a regular conference speaker and commentator.
Recent Publications
There are still opportunities for foresters looking to sell NZUs, says Kensington Swan partner Bryan Gundersen. Article re-produced courtesy of Carbon News
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