Advisory
Advice for the decisions that shape a project
A major project turns on a few decisions: whether to invest, which option to take forward, how to secure access to Country and what to agree with the Traditional Owners concerned. We advise on those decisions, and we have delivered major projects ourselves, so we know what each one asks of the people who carry it out.
- Assumptions tested before you commit
- Agreements that work in practice
- Stalled matters moving again
- Decisions you can stand behind
Heritage and land access
Agreements and mediation
Due diligence
Independent review
Capital portfolio review
Study and investment support
Projects and investment
The assumptions behind an investment case, tested
An investment case rests on assumptions about how the project will proceed on Country: that access will be granted, that heritage can be managed, that an agreement will hold. We test each one against the evidence and say which could change the cost, the timing or the case itself. You know what has to be settled before you commit.
- Study and investment support
- Due diligence
- Capital portfolio review
Heritage and agreements
Agreements your organisation can keep
An agreement is only as good as your ability to keep it. We help you prepare for the negotiation and shape terms you can deliver. The people, the money and the decisions each commitment needs are settled before anything is signed.
For Traditional Owner groups, the work starts with the group’s own priorities and its own decision-making.
- Agreements and mediation
- Heritage and land access
- Co-management
Project progress
Stalled matters, moving again
When a heritage, access or agreement matter stalls, the programme usually stalls with it. We find what is holding it up, get the right people in the room and work the open decisions through alongside the rest of the programme. The project moves again, on terms that will hold.
- Agreements and mediation
- Heritage and land access
- Study and investment support
Independent review
An independent check on what the board is told
A board paper reports progress as the project team sees it. We check what it says against the evidence and tell you plainly what holds, what is uncertain and what needs attention, on a single matter or across a portfolio.
- Independent review
- Capital portfolio review
Why Blackpath
Advisory for uncommon ground
A$24 billion
In major projects directly managed
38
Projects assessed and advised on land access
100%
First Nations-owned and controlled
3,000+
Benchmark data points
How we work
Senior advice, direct access
Senior people on your matter
The people you meet are the people who do the work, alongside the legal, technical and heritage advisers you already have.
Authority stays where it belongs
Cultural authority, and the decisions that flow from it, remain with the Traditional Owners concerned.
Shaped around the work
Engage Blackpath for a matter or a project stage. Scope, fee and availability are agreed up front. You don’t need an assessment first.
Getting started
Start with the decision in front of you
Step 1: Tell us what you’re working through
The issue, the decision and when you need to act. We’ll tell you plainly whether we’re the right fit.
Step 2: Agree the work
We agree what the work covers, who does what and the fee and timing, in a short letter of engagement.
Step 3: Work alongside your team
We join your team and your existing advisers, and bring in a specialist only where one is needed.
Get in touch
The best time to engage us?
Before you need to.