Rachel McNally
Biography
Rachel is a projects and energy Senior Associate based in Sydney.
Prior to becoming a lawyer, Rachel was an environmental coordinator at a tier one contractor, including on the M2 Upgrade and Westconnex Stage 1A projects, and volunteered at a not-for profit environmental legal centre.
Practice Focus
Rachel advises clients on renewables projects, energy regulatory matters, energy contracting, power purchase agreements, project structuring and procurement (and associated contract negotiations – EPC, O&M, D&C), connection agreements and complex private mergers and acquisitions.
Representative Legal Matters
- Various solar, wind, pumped hydro and BESS developers and contractor in relation to construction and maintenance contracts and general corporate advice.
- Various offtakers and developers on power purchase agreements (ISDA, bespoke, behind the meter).
- Various clients in relation to electricity registration, licensing and exemption matters.
- Network service providers and developers in relation to connection agreements and advice.
- CS Energy on a number of electricity retail contracts.
- CleanCo Queensland on a number of renewable energy supply agreements.
- Big Tech companies (various) on PPAs in Australia.
- A global energy client on back-to-back PPAs for an Australian project with Smartest Energy as offtaker.
- Metka on various wholesale PPAs (structured as a contract for difference), including with Smartest Energy and Coles.
- A developer on a proxy revenue swap PPA.
- Shell on its acquisition of shares in WestWind's Australian renewables business, including three ISDA PPAs.
- Wircon in respect of the sale of Wirsol Energy and its other Australian solar assets to Gentari (Petronas' clean energy business).
- BayWa r.e. on its sale of Karadoc solar farm to Atmos Renewables (owned by Igneo Infrastructure Partners).
- A global mining company in relation to the sale of ore under an ore supply agreement and ancillary agreements in Indonesia.
- Canadian Solar in relation to the AUD 400 million project financing of the Suntop and Gunnedah Solar Farm projects.
- AusNet Services in relation to the negotiation of connection agreements for renewable projects.
- Buy-side and sell-side share and asset sale negotiations.
Admissions
- Supreme Court of New South Wales~Australia (2016)
Education
- Australian National University (Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (Law)) (2016)
- Macquarie University (BA, Environmental Management, LLB (Hons)) (2015)
Languages
- English
- French
Baker & McKenzie, an Australian Partnership, is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.