Established: 1833
Size (personnel): Nearly 200 partners and over 1,700 employees across six offices
Office Locations: Brisbane, Canberra, Darwin, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney
Practice Areas: Banking & Financial Services, Commercial Litigation, Competition, Corporate M&A & Capital Markets, Environment & Sustainable Development, Forensic & Technology Services, IP & Technology, Major Projects & Construction, Public Sector, Real Estate, Restructuring & Insolvency, Tax, Workplace Relations Employment & Safety, Pro Bono
About Clayton Utz
Clayton Utz is Proudly Australian, Globally Connected. As one of Australia's leading law firms, Clayton Utz gives confident, innovative and incisive legal advice.
We are one of Australia's oldest and largest law firms, operating across six cities, nearly 200 partners, and offering a comprehensive range of legal services catering to both large private sector companies and government entities.
We deliver advice created by lawyers with different experiences and different views, but united by an entrepreneurial spirit, a can-do attitude, confidence in each other, and pride in helping our clients achieve. Advice that isn't just a one-size-fits-all solution taken off a shelf, but reflects who our clients are, and what they need.
Noteworthy Cases highlighting Clayton Utz's Involvement
We're proud to have recently worked on one of the biggest developments in regional Victoria, advising Development Victoria and the broader Victorian Government team on the successful financial close of the Nyaal Banyul Geelong Convention and Event Centre project. This project will be a major driver of jobs and economic growth in regional Victoria, supporting 1,450 jobs during construction and 700 jobs once complete.
Supporting the largest wind farm being built in NSW was another highlight. We worked with our long-term client Squadron Energy, a portfolio company of Tattarang, on its successful construction financing of the Uungula Wind Farm.
We advised Singapore incorporated gas and exploration company Conrad Asia Energy Ltd (ASX: CRD) on its placement and security purchase plan to raise approximately $16 million, as well as PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE: PAR) (PAR) on its acquisition of TASK Group Holdings Limited (ASX:TSK) (TASK) by way of a scheme of agreement - a transaction valued at approximately AUD $330 million.
In the affordable housing space, we supported Housing Australia on the legal aspects of its key housing initiatives, the Housing Australia Future Fund Facility and the National Housing Accord Facility. These initiatives aim to improve housing outcomes for Australians and collectively support the delivery of 20,000 new social homes and 20,000 new affordable homes across Australia over the five year program.
Notable Achievements
Clayton Utz features in GradAustralia's Top 100 Graduate Employers in 2024 and we are committed to continuously improve our ranking, which reflects the time and effort we've put in over many years to delivering a first-class graduate program.
For the ninth year running, we were also recognised as a Workplace Gender Equality Agency Employer of Choice for Gender Equality 2023.
In 2023, we were awarded Wellness Initiative of the Year in the Lawyers Weekly Awards.
The Future at Clayton Utz
Clayton Utz will continue to be a firm that is trusted for its excellence, authenticity, and integrity. In the future, we will build client relationships and grow our existing ones while continuing to provide innovative legal solutions to our clients' most complex challenges.
We're working on Australia's largest and most impactful deals and projects and supporting clients through complex litigation. We'll continue to provide this support with the incorporation of the newest technological tools into our day-to-day operations. Our people are already skilled in the effective use of AI, while our clients are also using our AI tools in their own teams.
Aligned with our values of authenticity, belonging, collaboration, diversity of thought and entrepreneurial spirit, our culture is inclusive and diverse. We look forward to a future in which our teams regularly collaborate and share ideas across offices and practice groups, building our knowledge and our overall capabilities for clients.
Mission in Action: How Clayton Utz embodies their mission statement
Our vision is to be trusted for our excellence, authenticity, and integrity. We embody this vision in everything we do and our innovative approaches to solving client problems. With a genuine commitment to excellent client service, we provide legal advice that is confident, innovative and incisive, deploying the right teams, ideas and innovative tools to create efficiencies and solve client legal challenges.
What sets Clayton Utz apart?
Not only does Clayton Utz provide legal services to governments around the country and many ASX-listed companies across all sectors, we also advise some of the world's most recognisable brands. We're particularly proud of our globally renowned Pro Bono practice. In fact, our Pro Bono practice was the first to be established among Australian law firms, and in2018 became one of only three law firms in the world with two dedicated Pro Bono partners. We have established diversity and inclusion programs that many of our people embrace, and we are proud to be the first law firm to create the role of National Mental Health Manager to better support our people.
Career Opportunities at Clayton Utz
CLERKSHIP PROGRAM
The clerkship program is aimed at students who are in their penultimate year of university.
If you are in your final year of study, please outline in your application why you couldn't complete a clerkship in your penultimate year by answering the relevant question.
International students may apply if they are able to work full time during the program and if they are able to apply for the correct visa entitlements to work unrestricted in Australia once they have graduated. Graduates need to independently attain the correct work visa.
The clerkship program at Clayton Utz consists of a four week program over summer or winter. Starting with a local orientation, our clerks are set up for success from Day 1 with support around research training, library training and IT training, just to name a few!
During the program, clerks have the opportunity to rotate through two different practice groups that are aligned with their interests. In addition, our clerks are involved in volunteering at one of our Community Connect program partners as well as networking at a range of different firm events.
