Amy Carseldine
Clayton Utz
Amy Carseldine specialises in native title, cultural heritage, and land access issues across a range of industries, and is a key adviser to major clients.
– Native Title, Legal500, Australia
Amy is a specialist native title and Aboriginal cultural heritage lawyer. She has led the negotiation of native title agreements, managed native title claims and acted on complex native title and cultural heritage litigation. Amy advises on all aspects of native title, cultural heritage and Aboriginal land rights law, including law reform.
Amy has extensive experience working for a range of clients including energy, mining and critical minerals and infrastructure proponents, government and traditional owners.
Amy is particularly interested in the interaction between native title, human rights and ESG. Prior to her time in private practice, Amy was a Principal Government Lawyer for Crown Law and a lawyer for the Government Legal Department in the UK.
Amplitel: acted in native title claims in the Federal Court of Australia (over 60 claims nationally), as well as providing native title and cultural heritage advice in relation to sites around Australia.*
BHP: advised on native title compensation, negotiation strategy and operational native title and cultural heritage queries for BHP in relation to sites in Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia. Amy also drafted native title agreements and advised on native title and cultural heritage for major transactions. *
Bureau of Meteorology: advised on the Barkly Region Indigenous Land Use Agreement in the Northern Territory, advised on native title for infrastructure projects nationally and advised on cultural heritage processes nationally. *
Lendlease: advised on the Yarrabilba Cultural Heritage Management Agreement in Queensland. *
RWE: provided strategic native title and cultural heritage advice, prepared draft documents, and participated in negotiation meetings for RWE's Queensland based project. *
Sunwater: provided advice and drafted native title and cultural heritage documents for the Burdekin Falls Dam Raising and Improvement Project in Queensland. *
Telstra: acted for Telstra in native title claims in the Federal Court of Australia (over 70 claims nationally) and provided advice on native title and cultural heritage processes, including the interaction between native title and the Telecommunications Act 1997.*
* Experience prior to joining Clayton Utz