3 March 2010 | Six Clayton Utz lawyers had their right of passage to the partnership expedited this week after 14 partners last month departed for the Australian offices of UK firm Allen & Overy.
12 February 2010 | The double hit of shock news this week that 14 partners from Clayton Utz would be departing, and moving to the soon-to-open Australian office of Allen & Overy, was also a shock to Clayton Utz, the firm's managing partner said.
12 February 2010 | Shocking Australian law firms last week was the news that Allen & Overy would be entering the Australian marketplace. What does it all mean, asks Ted Dwyer 4 comments
8 February 2010 | Clayton Utz confirms that fourteen partners have today tendered their resignations and will join UK firm Allen & Overy, which has announced plans to enter the Australian market. 1 comment
5 February 2010 | Clayton Utz has announced the appointment of a trade mark specialist as a special counsel.
2 February 2010 | Clayton Utz has advised Macquarie Capital Advisers as underwriter of CSG Limited's fully underwritten A$65 million institutional placement, completed in January.
20 January 2010 | A new year begins and firms take it as a chance to show off their new partners and senior lawyers in a showcase of an optimism for the months ahead.
19 January 2010 | Clayton Utz has announced the promotion of an insolvency expert to its partnership.
7 December 2009 | Australia's arbitration bodies and lawyers are gearing up for changes in the arbitration climate, with new laws now set to be passed.
2 December 2009 | Corrs Chambers Westgarth has secured its second Clayton Utz litigator in a week.
26 November 2009 | Australia is set to become a global leader in international arbitration after Attorney General Robert McClelland yesterday tabled legislative amendments in Parliament.
24 November 2009 | David Fagan, the man who has lead law firm Clayton Utz for the past eight years, is stepping down as chief executive partner of the firm.
23 November 2009 | A Clayton Utz litigation expert has crossed the tracks and joined rival firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth in Perth.
16 November 2009 | Clayton Utz is advising Origin Energy on its acquisition of Woodside Energy's 51.55 per cent interest in the Otway Gas Project.
13 November 2009 | Law firm Freehills and Clayton Utz acted on the initial public offering of Kathmandu Holdings Limited, which listed on the Australian Securities Exchange today.
29 October 2009 | New Zealand state-owned bank Kiwibank Ltd has established a A$1 billion Kangaroo Bond program that saw the first New Zealand government-guarantered bond deal to be issued into the Australian debt markets.
20 October 2009 | DLA Phillips Fox, Clayton Utz, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Greenwoods & Freehills and Hall & Wilcox will all help determine the future of Australia's tax laws.
13 October 2009 | The dye is cast, the deals have been counted, and law firms are angling for the top positions of the merger and acquisition leagues tables.
12 October 2009 | Mallesons has topped the merger and acquisition Australian leagues tables in terms of deal value, according to figures released today.
8 October 2009 | The question of whether Australian law firms hold the key to Asia that firms such as Norton Rose and Clifford Chance thinks it does, has been raised in the United States.
29 September 2009 | Clayton Utz has advised ING Groep NV on the sale of its 51 per cent shareholding in ING Australia to ANZ.
18 September 2009 | The Fair Work Ombudsman has announced its new legal services panels. Mid tier joins the top tier.
17 September 2009 | Clayton Utz, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Freehills and a host of lawyers and professionals from within the legal industry will come together in Perth tomorrow to solve and discuss the problems of the day.
16 September 2009 | Victorian law firms have increased their pro bono contributions as the economy falters.
10 September 2009 | The national human resources partner at law firm Clayton Utz has become embroiled in a two-year battle with a former employee over social networking sites.
7 September 2009 | Five major Australian firms are on the brink of announcing their own support services for young graduate staff and law students.
3 September 2009 | The new risks climate change presents for the infrastructure industry will reshape its future and lead to an evolution in industry practice and contractual risk allocation, according to a construction and major projects partner.
26 August 2009 | One small mining company tests boundaries of iron ore deals with China. Clayton Utz advises.
13 August 2009 | Allens, Freehills, Clayton Utz claim positions on a major property deal.
5 August 2009 | Allens and Clayton Utz have advised on the $3.5 billion desalination project public private partnership.
29 July 2009 | Lawyers from across Australia will be heading for the snowy peaks this weekend as the profession's ski and snowboard race kicks off in Thredbo.
21 July 2009 | Another top legal name joins Twitter, the global social and business networking site, today.
20 July 2009 | Leaving a firm after many years can be difficult for law firm partners, who unlike senior executives in other industries tend to remain with the one firm for many years.
8 July 2009 | Allens Arthur Robinson has acted for the Plenary Group as leader of the winning consortium for the $230 million Biosciences Research Centre project
3 July 2009 | Freehills has topped the mid-year Australia and New Zealand Bloomberg M&A Legal Advisory League Tables for the fifth year running with a deal count of 45-20 more than its nearest competitor Clayton Utz.
12 June 2009 | Pay cuts have replaced layoffs as the money saver de rigeur for law firms.
10 June 2009 | Freehills, Clayton Utz and Mallesons have each scooped a position on the Warburg Pincus investment in Transpacific's $800 million capital raising.
2 June 2009 | Clayton Utz is advising global appliance company Haier Group Corporation on an equity raising agreement with Fisher & Paykel Appliances.
2 June 2009 | The competition watchdog says it won't oppose the planned merger of the Australian mobile communications business Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Ltd and Vodafone.
28 May 2009 | A sacked and angry former Sparke Helmore lawyer is one of the finalists on Network 10's Masterchef.
18 May 2009 | The New Lawyer can clear up confusions over top-tier firm Clayton Utz's recent salary freeze.
11 May 2009 | Law student societies around NSW are staying silent on their sponsorship deals with big law firms that are potentially damaging student health.
17 April 2009 | Blake Dawson, Clayton Utz, and Freehills have joined forces in a bid solve the issue of confidentiality in sexual assault cases.
2 April 2009 | BLAKE Dawson continues to get a kicking for its woeful handling of its redundancy process, while everyone at Clayton Utz is “psychotic”. So reads the offensive on a newly released Australian law firm survey.