Jessica Rusten

Jessica Rusten
Biography
Jessica is a corporate energy and resources lawyer based in Brisbane. She advises her clients on strategic issues and operational requirements, including:
- corporate, energy and advisory matters, such as joint venture arrangements, offtake arrangements and organisational structuring;
- multi-jurisdictional and multi-asset mergers and acquisitions within the energy, resources and renewables sectors;
- complex contract drafting and negotiation, including strategic supply agreements and infrastructure contracts;
- rail and port infrastructure access and pricing, including haulage agreements and access to export facilities;
- First Nations and ESG law, including native title and Aboriginal cultural heritage;
- corporate governance advice and arrangements; and
- social performance of companies, including compliance with international business obligations.
Professional experience
Representative experience
Representative experience
M&A
- Advising on various large scale resources divestments, including in respect of the divestment of the Anglo American coal business.
- Intrepid Travel - Advised the founders of Intrepid Travel in connection with the merger of the Intrepid Travel business globally with the adventure travel division of TUI Travel PLC.
- W&I insurers - regularly advise insurers include AIG, Liberty GTS, Fusion, Tokio Marine HCC, Beazley and Brockwell in connection with underwriting W&I insurance policies across a range of industries and transaction structures.
First Nations law (including native title and Aboriginal cultural heritage)
- Amplitude Energy - providing advice on offshore petroleum regime following Santos/Barossa case and assisting client to review stakeholder engagement processes.
- Cape Flattery Silica Mines Pty Limited providing Cultural Heritage and Stakeholder engagement advice for Cape Flattery Silica Mine project on an ongoing basis for a number of years.
- Chevron Australia Pty Ltd providing advice on the new Western Australia Cultural Heritage legislation, providing advice on NOPSEMA offshore stakeholder engagement processes following the Santos/Barossa case.
- Clarke Creek Energy Pty Ltd providing strategic advice on Cultural Heritage issues in relation to one of Australia's largest windfarms.
Infrastructure and rail
- Advising various clients in respect of Queensland Competition Authority regulation, including acting in respect of the declarations of regulated assets under the Queensland regulated access regime.
- Anglo American - providing advice in respect of negotiation and drafting of complex portfolio haulage agreements and below rail agreements;
- Stanmore - negotiating and drafting complex port and rail access arrangements for Queensland based coal projects.