
Dan Howard is an engineer and lawyer specialising in energy and resources law with an emphasis on electricity, gas, mining, water and utilities. He is consistently recognised by clients and independent directories for his expertise in these areas, including multiple listings in the Australian Financial Review's Best Lawyers.
Dan has significant experience advising mining, electricity and gas companies on project development, regulatory issues, commodity contracts and infrastructure arrangements including port and water. Dan has been involved in the development of some of Australia's largest electricity, gas and coal projects.
He has also been involved with numerous acquisitions and sales of electricity, gas, mining and infrastructure projects including advising on all aspects of large-scale energy and commodity agreements.
Dan also has significant electricity project experience and regularly acts for generators, distributors and retailers.
Dan has acted on numerous green energy projects to secure carbon pollution reduction through alternative energy sources. He has also developed documentation to implement demand side management and embedded generation projects.