LLNS is a commercial law firm specializing in legal work related to the Pacific Rim. LLNS and its affiliated firms maintain offices in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa, Tonga, Kiribas and New Caledonia.Currently supervise 1 associate and 2 junior lawyers.Practice focuses on energy and resources with particular emphasis on oil, gas and minerals, public companies and mergers and acquisitions.

Lihir Gold is a major international gold producer with operations in Australia, Papua New Guinea and the Cote d’Ivorie employing some 5,000 people worldwide.Lihir Gold shares were listed on the ASX, POMSOX, TSX and NASDAQ and it maintained an ADR program in the United States.Supervised 5 senior lawyers, 2 junior lawyers, 2 paralegals, 3 risk management professionals, 2 compliance professionals and the company secretary.Responsible for all legal, company secretarial, risk management and compliance & assurance functions across the Group. including attending all board meetings and committee meetings, organizing the annual meeting and annual report and supervising the share registry and external legal service providers and budgeting for those activities.Major Projects & Achievements• Establishing and managing a high quality legal, secretarial, compliance & risk management team.• Reviewing and upgrading the Group’s policies and procedures in line with the ASX Corporate Governance Council’s Recommended Practices and Procedures.• Negotiating and documenting the merger of Lihir Gold and Newcrest Mining;• Negotiating and documenting the million ounce Lihir Island plant upgrade;• Re-negotiating the integrated benefits package for Lihir Island landowners;• Re-organising the Group structure; and•Negotiating and documenting the sale of the Ballarat gold mine.

Oil Search is an ASX\POMSoX listed medium size international oil & gas producer with operations in Papua New Guinea, Yemen & Egypt employing some 3,000 people worldwide.Supervised 5 senior lawyers, 3 junior lawyers, 2 paralegals and 3 assistants. Overall responsibility for Group legal and secretarial matters including attending all board meetings and committee meetings, organizing the annual meeting and annual report and supervising the share registry and external legalservice providers.Major Projects & Achievements • Establishing and supervising the development and operation of a high quality legal team and secretariat.• Reviewing and upgrading the Group’s policies and procedures in line with the ASX Corporate Governance Council’s Recommended Practices and Procedures. • Negotiating and documenting the acquisition of BP’s upstream PNG oil & gas assets;• Negotiating and documenting the acquisition of Chevron Niugini’s PNG oil & gas assets; • Identifying, negotiating and documenting the merger of Oil Search and Orogen Minerals;• Establishing Yemen office;• Participating in the 2006 Libyan licence bid round; • Negotiating the acquisition of 5 licences in Yemen, 2 licences in Egypt and 2 licences in Tunisia;• Advising on various aspects of the PNG LNG Project (LNG project operated by ExxonMobil with the LNG product to be exported by ship from Papua New Guinea to South East Asian markets); • Advising on all aspects of the Hides Gas to Electricity Project (gas to electricity project operated by Oil Search generating all electricity required by the world class Porgera Gold Mine); • Advising on various aspects of the Hides LNG Project (propose LNG project operated by British Petroleum utilizing natural gas from the Hides Field in Papua New Guinea); and• Negotiating and documenting the unitisation of the Moran Oilfield (unitisation operated by ExxonMobil of PDL2, PPL138 and PPL161 in Papua New Guinea);