"Clayton Utz is ranked in the top tier on the back of another excellent year in M&A." (IFLR1000 2010/11).
Sources say: "
They have excellent, well-recognised lawyers." " (Corporate/M&A, Chambers Global 2011).
Our team has acted on many of Australia's largest and most complex M&A matters as well as a wide range of cross-border transactions involving participants in the United States, Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa.
We have significant expertise in a range of transactions including public company takeovers, takeover defences,
capital raisings, corporate acquisitions, mergers and reconstructions in all environments, including distressed asset situations. We act for the full range of market participants including bidders, target companies, major shareholders, bidders as well as their advisers and have been at the forefront of developing the tactics and considerations adopted by all parties to an M&A transaction. Through our execution of such matters, we have not only demonstrated our technical excellence and industry knowledge, but sound project management skills and commercial judgment.
Complementing our core M&A capabilities, we offer expertise in merger clearance (anti-trust), cross-border tax structuring, company law, capital management, acquisition finance, industrial relations as well as across the full range of specialist industries including media and telecommunications and energy and resources.
