Joel von Thien
Clayton Utz
Partner
Sydney
Overview
Joel brings over 20 years' experience in advising on complex commercial and regulatory matters including access agreements, supply/distribution arrangements, franchising, major projects, joint ventures, M&A, corporate advisory, regulatory compliance, and licencing.
He advises private sector and government clients on large scale corporate and commercial matters across a range of sectors. Joel has a deep understanding of the critical issues to ensure risks are addressed and mitigated for clients.
Notable Work
- nbn: key adviser to nbn since 2011 in relation to a number of its key strategic arrangements.
- Optus: acted on a number of significant commercial procurement and supply contracting matters.
- Government owned organisations: advises on their telecommunications requirements including licensing and regulatory issues.
- National Intermodal Company: advising on its Moorebank Intermodal Precinct
- Pacific National: acted in the negotiation and preparation of a number of long-term coal haulage agreements.
- GeelongPort and Port of Newcastle: advises on general commercial and strategic procurement and supply arrangements.
- Western Sydney Airport: advising on key commercial/operational contracts including airport services contracts with airlines.
- Various clients: regularly advises clients on strategic supply, transportation and warehousing arrangements.
- Pharmaceutical Groups: advises Merck Sharpe & Dohme, Organon, Amgen, Edwards Life Sciences and Eli Lilly regarding their Australian distribution and re-seller arrangements.
- Various government agencies: advised Health Share Victoria and various other government agencies on procurement strategic contracts.
- Suntory group: advised on the sale of the Cerebos Food & Instant Coffee business in Australia and New Zealand and Asian Home Gourmet Singapore business to The Kraft Heinz Company;
- Beam Suntory and Frucor Suntory: advises on commercial aspects of their respective Australian operations.
- Woolworths: advised on its long-term strategic fuel partnership with Caltex and its long-term strategic fuel partnership with Euro Garage. Primary advisor on Woolworths on commercial aspects of Woolworths’ new online marketplace platform.
- Port of Newcastle: acts on all aspects of its Clean Energy Precinct
- GeelongPort: acts on its proposed LNG Import Terminal project with Viva Energy.
- Origin Energy: acted on a range of major acquisitions and projects including its acquisitions of electricity retailers, generation trading rights and power stations.
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Major Outages and keeping customers updated: new rules for telcos commencing 31 December 2024
21 Nov 2024 | Article
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Media Release: Clayton Utz advising Nippon Steel Corporation on its acquisition of a stake in the Blackwater Mine
29 Aug 2024 | Media Release
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Media Release: Clayton Utz congratulates Wallenius Wilhelmsen on its agreement to sell the Melbourne International RoRo & Auto Terminal
30 May 2024 | Media Release
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Australia lags behind in the hydrogen space: shift required from planning to implementation
26 May 2023 | Article
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Infrastructure spending, a key focus of the 2022-2023 Federal Budget
14 Apr 2022 | Article
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Collaboration is key to Infrastructure Australia's roadmap to improve industry productivity, says new Infrastructure Australia report
31 Mar 2022 | Article
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Rod Sims' curtain call but the show goes on with announcement of ACCC 2022 enforcement priorities
4 Mar 2022 | Article
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Significant reform to Australia's cyber security laws with passage of critical infrastructure reforms
23 Dec 2021 | Article
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Splitting the Critical Infrastructure Bill – an update from the Parliamentary Joint Committee report
14 Oct 2021 | Article
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Radical changes proposed to re-engineer Australian merger clearance process
30 Aug 2021 | Article
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Massive penalties, more contracts caught by exposure draft legislation for unfair contract terms reform open for comment
24 Aug 2021 | Article
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The Telecommunications Reform Package and the Regional Broadband Scheme: what it could mean for you
18 Feb 2021 | Article
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More sectors to be critical infrastructure, increased obligations, and wider government powers in draft Bill – so comment now
20 Nov 2020 | Article
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Spending the Federal Government's $27b investment incentive wisely by getting procurement in order
15 Oct 2020 | Article
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Government releases recommendations on Part A - Telecommunications Consumer Safeguards Review
19 Nov 2018 | Article
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New interception and access powers to encrypted communications and devices to affect carriers and device manufacturers
14 Aug 2018 | Article
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