Established in 1833, Clayton Utz is a Sydney-based independent law firm with 175 partners and 1,200 personnel across offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Perth and Darwin.

Focusses / specialisms 

The firm has a focus on debt, equity and structured finance and securitisation, capital markets, transport project development and restructuring and insolvency, achieving top-tier status for Australia in all these areas.

Key clients 

Key clients of the firm include ATI Group, Dye & Durham Corporation, Blackstone, CBA, Goldman Sachs, NAB, Athena, Macquarie Bank, Bluestone, and BNK Banking.

Client feedback: 32^nd edition (2022/2023) 

M&A

“Very high level of being professional, skilled, versatile. Fully understand the clients' needs. Provide excellent and innovative solutions. Pragmatic and practical. Extremely short response times – 24/7 availability. Language and documents provided were useful and understandable for non-legal people.”

Project development

“Efficient and high-quality work; I can always rely on them to produce top-quality work without excessive fees. Excellent technical knowledge of the law and commercial experience in/understanding of the mining industry.”