Abinayaa Kumaranathan

Abinayaa Kumaranathan

Associate
Baker & McKenzie

Biography

Abinayaa is a general associate in the Construction Team with extensive experience in the construction industry across major and complex commercial, industrial, residential and mixed-use projects in the energy, renewables, healthcare, retail and hospitality sectors.

Practice Focus

Abinayaa acts for a broad range of local and international clients, including developer and contractor levels. Abinayaa predominantly advises clients on "front-end" project matters, ranging from project procurement models to the project delivery phase where she provides contract preparation and administration-related advice.

Abinayaa's practice focuses on preparing, reviewing, negotiating and advising on complex construction and projects-related legal documents (which includes EPC, D&C, Construct-only, ECI, consultancy and supply agreements and other bespoke project documents) and the tailoring of standard form contracts in Australia.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Advised Lewis Land Group, a large Australian-owned and operated private development group, on its AUD 1.5 billion large-scale, waterfront mixed-use development in Gold Coast.
  • Advising Landream in relation its mixed-use development comprising residential, commercial, retail, childcare and indoor recreation centre in Pyrmont valued at AUD 900 million.
  • Advised an Australian-owned and operated private development group on its AUD 200 million luxury residential development in Circular Quay.
  • Advised Apt.Residential, a vertically integrated owner, developer and operator of residential properties in Australia, on the development of its AUD 178 million mixed-use build-to-rent precinct.
  • Advised Spark Renewables in relation to its renewable energy project risks, structuring arrangements on its wind, solar and BESS projects under development across Australia.
  • Advised Fluence in relation to its balance-of-plant contracts for use in large-scale developments of BESS projects in NSW, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia.
  • Advised Valent Energy in relation to its equipment supply, services, and balance of plant arrangements for the 240MW Mornington BESS and Pine Lodge BESS projects.
  • Advised GE Vernova in relation to its transportation, craneage and installation arrangements for its on-shore windfarm projects in Australia.

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Law Society of NSW - Member

Corporate Responsibility

  • Marrickville Legal Centre – Youth Legal Service
  • Justice Connect Self Representation Service

Admissions

  • High Court of Australia (2023)
  • Supreme Court of New South Wales~Australia (2022)

Education

  • Macquarie University (Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws) (2020)
  • University of Vienna (International Law Exchange Program) (2020)

Languages

  • English
  • Sinhalese
  • Tamil