CLAYTON UTZ

OUR FIRM

Clayton Utz is one of Australia’s most successful law firms. With over 1700 people nationally, 190 partners and a reputation for being entrepreneurial and fresh-thinking, we are regarded as a leading legal practice in the Asia Pacific region.

Our lawyers are results driven, commercially savvy and are often recognised as bona fide leaders in their respective practice areas. The combination of the knowledge and skill of our people provides our clients with a full range of legal services and expertise.

Our clients include many of Australia’s top 100 companies as well as Federal and State Government departments. Our success has been achieved by consistently delivering superior outcomes for our clients and by devising innovative and effective solutions to legal and commercial challenges.

INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION

Clayton Utz has a large and established International Arbitration Group (‘IAG’). As well as pre-eminent local arbitration practitioners, the IAG comprises persons with extensive off-shore experience as counsel, arbitrators and officials of international arbitral organisations. The IAG takes a leading role in the promotion and development of international arbitration within Australia and the Asia-Pacific through research, publications, involvement in educational activities, and leadership roles in several arbitral institutions.

The IAG advises and represents companies and governments in international arbitration and ADR throughout the world with a particular focus on the Asia-Pacific region. The IAG has recently acted for, amongst others, an Asian government in an energy tariff arbitration, an Australian-Canadian joint venture in relation to a power station dispute, an American bank in an asset finance arbitration, and Anaconda Operations Pty Ltd in a dispute over a nickel/cobalt processing plant (currently one of the largest arbitrations in the world). It has also recently advised on dispute management in a number of major transactions including a banking Joint Venture.

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