Introduction
Cheyne is a trusted adviser on native title agreements, cultural heritage, environmental compliance and project approvals across Australia's resources and energy sector.
Cheyne Jansen is a counsel in our Resources Projects, Energy, Environment & Resources practice.
He focuses on native title and heritage, environmental law, land access, and government approvals for major resources and energy projects.
Cheyne has extensive experience negotiating native title and cultural heritage agreements, providing strategic advice regarding environmental compliance and assessment, and obtaining project approvals. He assists clients with resolving issues in relation to tenure, land access, native title, heritage and planning as well as environmental management and compliance issues for both large and small scale projects, including managing interactions with regulators.
Cheyne has particular experience with complex native title agreements, assisting clients through the planning, negotiation and implementation phases. He has acted for clients in some of the most significant native title deals in Australia. Cheyne has particular familiarity regarding trusts for traditional owners. He also advises clients in relation to Aboriginal heritage issues and assists with obtaining heritage approvals.
Cheyne has significant experience in relation to environmental law, and has advised in relation to environmental issues such as State and Commonwealth environmental assessment processes, compliance issues such as contamination, pollution incidents, clearing of vegetation, water management and rehabilitation, and obtaining and managing environmental approvals.
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