Native Title: Proponents

King & Wood Mallesons provides strategic advice to blue-chip clients in the energy and natural resources and infrastructure sectors. The team handles the full range of native title issues, including Aboriginal land and cultural heritage agreements and their implementation, benefit management structures and compensation. It is highly experienced in assisting with native title and cultural heritage matters associated with large-scale projects and is frequently instructed by federal and state government entities on a range of Aboriginal land issues. King & Wood Mallesons is further noted for integrating multidisciplinary advice on native title and environmental concerns, access agreements and approvals for resources and infrastructure projects, as well as tenure protection in claim determinations and heritage reforms. Key clients include Transgrid and Origin Energy.

"The KWM team is highly regarded in the industry for expert legal services in native title and cultural heritage."

"The KWM team's breadth and depth of expertise is exceptional. Not only are the partners leaders in their field but their senior associates and lawyers are diligent, very capable and deliver a lot of value for KWM's offering in this practice area."

King & Wood Mallesons advised BHP Group on native title and heritage matters in relation to its South Australian operations, including the Olympic Dam operations at Roxby Down.

Scott Singleton is based in Brisbane and is a renowned practitioner in the native title space, being particularly noted as an exceptional negotiator of agreements between traditional owner groups and the proponents of major energy, resources or infrastructure projects. ''Scott Singleton is very experienced and has been doing it for a long time. He is a pleasure to deal with, and the work quality has always been good." "Scott's main strength is his ability to give commercial and practical advice. He is also technically very good, but exceptional at being able to translate that into practical usefulness."

Sally Audeyev is particularly well qualified to provide integrated advice on matters with mixed native title and environmental elements to mining industry clients and government bodies. She is based in Perth. "Sally is technically exceptional. Her strength is in the heritage area. She is very, very good in that area."