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Media Release: Clayton Utz claims over 200 spots in The Best Lawyers in Australia and inaugural 'Ones to Watch' 2023 Editions
21 April 2022: Clayton Utz features prominently in The Best Lawyers in Australia (2023 Edition) announced today - an annual list of the country's top legal talent as voted by legal industry peers.
As well as over 200 individual listings across the broad practice area categories, we received sixteen Lawyer of the Year accolades and were named Law Firm of the Year for Project Finance and Development.
Our 'Lawyer of the Year' honourees are (in alphabetical order and in the eligible practice area categories):
- Niro Ananda - Private Equity Law
- Simon Brady - Commercial Law
- Matthew Daley - Funds Management
- Jamie Doran - Public Law
- Dan Fitts - Project Finance and Development Practice
- Andrew Hay - Equity Capital Markets Law
- Andrew MacKenzie - Private Equity Law
- Ross McInnes - Product Liability Litigation
- Christy Miller - Employee Benefits Law
- Andrew Morrison - Product Liability Litigation
- Simon Newcomb - Telecommunications Law
- Michael Richardson - Real Property Law
- Scott Sharry - Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Cain Sibley - Regulatory Practice
- Claire Smith - Climate Change Law
- Timothy Sackar- Distressed Investing and Debt Trading Practice
Highlighting our reputation for nurturing and developing outstanding lawyers, over 50 of our senior associates were also named in the inaugural The Best Lawyers in Australia: Ones to Watch (2023 Edition). They are, in alphabetical order in each eligible practice area category:
| Banking and Finance Law | Timon Ibrahim, Olga Horbowy, Angus Milne |
| Class action litigation | Will Atfield |
| Construction / Infrastructure Law |
Tristan Appleby, Nic Bouvier, Nathan Chalmers, Esther Dwyer, Jessica Hourn, Zoe Johnson, Mathea McCubbing, James McNicol Smith, Mandi Panagoda, Megan Turner |
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Corporate Law |
Mariam Azzo, Kwan Leung, Dennis Mak, Lara Solomons, Jared Webster, Francis Yuan |
| Government Practice |
Tal Aviram, Elizabeth Forbes, Zeng He |
| Insolvency and Reorganization Law |
Anna Byram, Jordana Komesaroff, Jonathon McRostie, Gabe Perrottet |
| Intellectual Property |
Kent Teague, Francesca Teng (also for Information Technology law) |
| Labour and Employment Law |
Laura Forman, Charisse Matthews, Liam Meagher (since called to the Bar), Bianca Mendelson, Belinda Miller, Jennifer Mougan |
| Litigation |
Lucy Groenewegen, Joshua Kangisser, William Maher, Jonathon McRostie, Ian Napier, Simon Vidovich, Heloise Woodside |
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Mergers and Acquisitions Law |
Lara Solomons, Laura van Stekelenburg, Jared Webster, Francis Yuan |
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Planning and Environmental Law |
Lauren Smith, Robert Stilling |
| Real Property Law |
Elizabeth Boden, Emily Mickle, Ben Pierce, Philipa Thomson, Amy Watson |
| Tax Law |
David Wong |
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Climate Change and Sustainability
Corporate / M&A
Equity Capital Markets / IPOs
Funds Management
Private Equity
Project Finance
Real Estate
Restructuring and Insolvency
Telecommunications Media and Technology
Workplace Relations, Employment and Safety
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