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Overview

The Australian transport sector has seen an unprecedented level of consolidation and investment over the last decade, stimulated in large part by government assets sales and privatisations, industrial relations reform and the delivery of infrastructure capacity, such as tollroads, through public private partnerships.    

Furthermore, investment in Australia's transport sector looks set to continue. The Alice to Darwin railway has sparked renewed interest in rail investment including proposals to upgrade the south-east Australian rail corridor. The emergence of larger cargo ships and larger passenger aircraft will also require considerable upgrading of sea and air port infrastructure over the next decade.

Freehills offers clients one of Australia's leading transport infrastructure legal advisory teams. Our national team has advised both government and private sector clients on many of Australia's largest and most complex transport infrastructure projects. By drawing on our dedicated multi-disciplinary projects group and the broader expertise across Freehills, we are able to provide clients with experienced teams of legal advisers with a truly integrated approach.

Our team has advised clients on every major tollroad project in the Australian market over the last 10 years, including Melbourne's CityLink and bidders for the Cross City Tunnel, Lane Cove Tunnel and Western Sydney Orbital in Sydney.    
 
Our experience covers all major facets of the transport sector, including: