Sparke Helmore welcomes Special Counsel, Nick Ferguson
02-September-2024Our Sydney office has recently welcomed Special Counsel, Nick Ferguson to our Planning, Environment & Local Government team.
Nick is an experienced environment and planning lawyer. He specialises in environmental and planning litigation, advising on development and approval strategies, compliance with environmental law and mining and resources legislation, remediation of contaminated land, and biodiversity and offsetting obligations. He brings extensive expertise in compulsory land acquisition law and compensation and advises a variety of government and private clients on complex compulsory acquisition claims, and strategies to acquire land.
Nick also has experience drafting and advising on commercial agreements in the mining sector, including agreements for land access, compulsory acquisition and third party interface deeds. His compensation expertise also includes compensation for subsidence caused by mining.