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Media Release: Clayton Utz announces new partner promotions effective 1 January 2019

Sydney, 13 December 2018: Clayton Utz is pleased to announce the appointment of five new partners, effective 1 January 2019:

Eleanor
Dickens
, Government Services, Brisbane
Eleanor specialises in Public and Administrative Law, with a key focus on complex government investigations including corruption and misconduct investigations, information law (FOI, privacy, data, public records and information policy), compliance and government decision-making processes. Eleanor is also focused on driving innovation and advising public sector clients on information and data use and practice issues.
Eleanor specialises in Public and Administrative Law, with a key focus on complex government investigations including corruption and misconduct investigations, information law (FOI, privacy, data, public records and information policy), compliance and government decision-making processes. Eleanor is also focused on driving innovation and advising public sector clients on information and data use and practice issues.

Liz Humphry, Corporate, Perth
Liz is a corporate law specialist who is passionate about working with her clients to achieve their commercial outcomes. Liz acts for a wide range of leading Australian and international organisations on transactional and operational matters, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and equity capital transactions, projects and Australian regulatory compliance matters. Liz has a particular focus on the energy and resources industry.
Liz is a corporate law specialist who is passionate about working with her clients to achieve their commercial outcomes. Liz acts for a wide range of leading Australian and international organisations on transactional and operational matters, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and equity capital transactions, projects and Australian regulatory compliance matters. Liz has a particular focus on the energy and resources industry.

Samy
Mansour, Corporate, Sydney
Samy has significant experience advising on investments, sales, joint ventures, projects, corporate governance and supply arrangements across a number of key industries including energy, resources, transport, infrastructure, health, insurance, manufacturing and retail. He is valued for his client-centric focus and solution-oriented approach, and is recognised by a number of legal publications. Samy also has an interest in driving best-practice in the legal industry and was appointed as the first Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Legal Innovation at the College of Law.
Samy has significant experience advising on investments, sales, joint ventures, projects, corporate governance and supply arrangements across a number of key industries including energy, resources, transport, infrastructure, health, insurance, manufacturing and retail. He is valued for his client-centric focus and solution-oriented approach, and is recognised by a number of legal publications. Samy also has an interest in driving best-practice in the legal industry and was appointed as the first Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Legal Innovation at the College of Law.

Alexandra
Rose,
Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Sydney
Alex is a litigator with particular experience defending high-stakes class actions, product liability claims and multi-jurisdictional claims where clients rely on her ability to manage disputes a way that enables them to focus on their current business priorities. Alex draws on her extensive experience in dispute resolution to help clients identify and mitigate risks as early as possible, and provide practical, commercial solutions to problems. Alex's experience across several industries includes a focus on health, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and consumer goods as well as the automotive and financial services industries.
Alex is a litigator with particular experience defending high-stakes class actions, product liability claims and multi-jurisdictional claims where clients rely on her ability to manage disputes a way that enables them to focus on their current business priorities. Alex draws on her extensive experience in dispute resolution to help clients identify and mitigate risks as early as possible, and provide practical, commercial solutions to problems. Alex's experience across several industries includes a focus on health, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and consumer goods as well as the automotive and financial services industries.
Clayton Utz Chief Executive Partner Rob Cutler said the appointments were well deserved. "For more than a decade, Eleanor, Liz, Samy, Alex and Jo have worked exceptionally hard to build their reputations as specialists in their respective areas and have contributed significantly to the firm's culture on many levels. We're delighted to welcome them to the partnership and look forward to watching their careers continue to flourish as partners of Clayton Utz."
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