People Mark White, Director, L.L.B., B.Com (click here for CV) Mark White, White Legal's founder and managing director, has over 20 years' experience in energy and resources law, including 13 years with the energy team at Blake Dawson (now Ashurst Australia). Mark has extensive experience in: drafting and negotiating access agreements, hedge agreements, commodity sale agreements, complicated structured derivative products and vesting products, and agreements for the sale of "green" rights; advising on emissions trading schemes and the trading of carbon permits (nationally and internationally).

Mark is listed as a Leading Individual in Chambers Global 2013 and as a Leading Energy & Resources Lawyer by Doyle's Guide 2012. Best Lawyers also listed Mark in their 2012 list, and granted him the accolade of Brisbane Climate Change Lawyer of the Year for that year.

Fiona Lindsay, Associate Director, L.L.B., B.Sc. (Hons)(UQ Medal) (click here for CV)

Fiona Lindsay has over 13 years' experience in the energy and resources sector, and has specialist expertise in:

• the application of electricity and climate change regulatory regimes (including intimate knowledge of the National Electricity Law, National Energy Retail Law and State-based regimes) to the range of participants in the energy industry;
• negotiating electricity connection agreements and ancillary electricity-related agreements;
• the legal due diligence co-ordination of mergers, acquisitions and disposals of energy infrastructure, often involving multiple assets over multiple jurisdictions; and
• drafting joint venture and related agreements.

Andrea Blake, Associate Director, L.L.B. (Hons), B.Arts (click here for CV)

Andrea Blake has over 16 years' experience in the energy and mining industry, and has worked as an in-house lawyer at Shell, Pasminco and AGL, as well as being a Senior Associate at Ashurst Australia (formerly Blake Dawson). Her extensive industry experience includes:

• drafting and negotiating complex project documentation, including joint venture arrangements, long term supply and transportation agreements, construction contracts and operations and maintenance agreements;
• conducting and coordinating legal due diligence in relation to asset acquisitions and disposals in the mining and energy industries;
• advising in relation to green products and the carbon pricing mechanism; and
• advising in relation to retail energy marketing, including the application of relevant State and National laws.