Climate Change
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : Asia-Pacific Region
Band 1
Contact number
+61 3 8686 6000Chambers Review
Norton Rose Fulbright provides clients with significant climate change expertise from its office in Melbourne. Its offering spans a range of carbon offsetting-related mandates, as well as renewable energy projects and sustainability-linked financings. The team also has experience advising on climate change-related public policy.
Work Highlights
- Norton Rose Fulbright advised Peak Carbon on a first-in-Australia methane gas abatement project being developed at the site of an operational coal mine in Queensland for the direct purpose of abating ventilation air methane and generating carbon offset credits.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The team is very accessible, responsive and able to distil complex concepts into clear, concise advice easily digestible by our business. They have great expertise in carbon markets."
"The firm's lawyers are good communicators and help non-subject matter experts quickly understand the key issues."
"The team is very accessible, responsive and able to distil complex concepts into clear, concise advice easily digestible by our business. They have great expertise in carbon markets."
"The firm's lawyers are good communicators and help non-subject matter experts quickly understand the key issues."
Notable Practitioners
Elisa de Wit is global chair of the Norton Rose Fulbright carbon markets group from her base in Melbourne. She advises private and public clients on carbon-neutral project developments as well as the transfer of carbon credits, including in relation to innovative carbon offset products.
"She has a great reputation in the industry and deep knowledge of the subject matter."
"Elisa's subject matter expertise is first-rate and she provided tremendous value to our project."