Gerry Connolly

Gerry is a lawyer and ConMoto Group’s Managing Director. He has approximately 25 years’ experience in both private legal practice and in a corporate environment.

Prior to establishing ConMoto Group, he spent a number of years in private legal practice including as Managing Partner of a mid-sized Australian law firm and before that in the structured finance team of top tier firm, Mallesons (now King & Wood Mallesons).

He has also spent a number of years as an in-house corporate lawyer with both National Australia Bank and Hydro Tasmania.

Gerry’s specific legal background is in corporate and commercial transactions with a particular emphasis on:

• Mergers and acquisitions;
• Procurement (RFTs, acquisition of goods and services and works contracts);
• Intellectual property / technology including software development and implementation contracts, SAAS contracts and IP licensing arrangements
• Regulatory compliance (particularly PPSA and Competition and Consumer Act issues);
• Drafting and negotiating documents for renewable energy projects including PPAs, project funding and corporate governance and land access arrangements both in Australia and internationally.

Gerry’s experience includes:

• Advising the Tasmanian Government in relation to the licensing arrangements relating to the establishment of a Tasmanian based Australian Football League team including funding and Stadium based access arrangements;
• Acting for a New York headquartered renewable energy developer in relation to the preparation and negotiation of land access arrangements, power purchase agreements, EPC and Operations and Maintenance Agreements for various projects in multiple jurisdictions including South Africa, Puerto Rico, Australia and the Philippines);
• Acting for solar energy developers in Australia who are active in developing, financing and operating medium scale hybrid and solar generation assets;
• Drafting best practice procurement documentation for Tasmanian Government and privately owned businesses, including preparation of appropriate delegation frameworks, drafting and automation of primary procurement documentation and delivery of training to assist in roll out;
• Acting for a national community services provider in relation to Commonwealth funded community service programs including negotiation of service level agreements with various Commonwealth agencies and establishment of back-to-back subcontracting arrangements with other third-party providers; and
• Acting for a major aquaculture industry participant in relation to the procurement of specialist water circulation equipment and negotiation of subsequent construction and installation activities at their nursery facilities involving both local and overseas contractors – included the preparation of contractual arrangements with individual contractors and the implementation of coordination contracts between and among contractors.