ABOUT CLAYTON UTZ WE HAVE A TRACK RECORD FOR PROVIDING CONSISTENT AND COMMERCIAL LEGAL ADVICE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CAPABILITY

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1 WE HAVE A TRACK RECORD FOR PROVIDING CONSISTENT AND COMMERCIAL LEGAL ADVICE ABOUT CLAYTON UTZ As Australia s leading law firm, we are known for our independent culture and our confident and engaging approach. With teams of highly skilled and dedicated lawyers working in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra (the Federal Capital), Darwin and Perth, our strength is our ability to bring together lawyers with the right mix of legal and commercial skills to match our clients business needs. Clayton Utz has a large base of loyal clients who have chosen the firm as their trusted legal advisers. Clayton Utz is a full service firm that represents some of Australia s biggest companies and intermediaries as well as significant public sector organisations and multi-nationals with business interests locally and overseas. Our team is dedicated to providing quality legal services and building long-term client relationships. 112 Doing Business in Australia INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS OFFER GLOBAL SOLUTIONS Clayton Utz maintains strong relationships with leading firms around the globe. Rather than compete with offshore firms, we develop relationships with them. Through these strong relationships, international clients investing in Australia can be assured that Clayton Utz will perform as a streamlined member of their international legal team, providing the highest level of legal services in the most efficient and effective manner. FOREIGN LANGUAGE CAPABILITY Clayton Utz has a depth of language capability reflecting our commitment to providing outstanding client service. A number of our lawyers are bilingual or multilingual, so appropriately skilled lawyers can be called upon to assist with matters and translations at very short notice. Our foreign language skills include Mandarin, Cantonese, Bahasa Indonesian, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Tamil, Vietnamese, Afrikaans, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Swedish, Ukrainian, Greek and Italian.

2 PROVIDING THE FULL SPECTRUM OF COMMERCIAL LEGAL SERVICES Clayton Utz is organised into 15 National Practice Groups which focus on the needs of individual industry sectors and areas of legal practice. Areas of law Banking & Finance Capital Markets & Securities Competition Construction & Major Projects Corporate/M&A Environment & Planning Product Liability Real Estate Restructuring & Insolvency Taxation Telecommunications, Media & Technology Workplace Relations, Employment & Safety Industries Advertising & Marketing Agribusiness & Food Banking & Finance Climate Change Construction & Major Projects Energy & Resources Government Services CONTACTS Key international services contact Bruce Cooper Deputy Chief Executive Partner - Clients T bcooper@claytonutz.com Additional contacts Sydney Doug Bishop T dbishop@claytonutz.com Melbourne Paul James T pjames@claytonutz.com Canberra Caroline Bush T cbush@claytonutz.com Darwin Mark Spain T mspain@claytonutz.com Forensic Technology Services Governance & Compliance Insurance & Risk Intellectual Property International Arbitration International Trade Investigations & Crisis Management Litigation & Dispute Resolution Native Title Healthcare & Life Sciences Leisure & Entertainment Not-For-Profit Private Equity Real Estate Markets Telecommunications, Media & Technology Transport & Logistics Water Brisbane Barry Dunphy T bdunphy@claytonutz.com Perth Nick Cooper T ncooper@claytonutz.com Private Equity 113 Doing Business in Australia

3 USEFUL AUSTRALIAN WEBSITES Federal Government departments and bodies Australian Government portal Australian Bureau of Statistics Australian Business Portal Australian National Contact Point (OECD guidelines) Australian Taxation Office Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) Australian Government - The Treasury Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Department of Agriculture and Water Resources Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Department of Immigration and Border Protection Department of Industry, Innovation and Science Department of the Environment Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC) Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) IP Australia Reserve Bank of Australia (Australia s central bank) Tourism Australia Federal regulators Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) Australian Securities & Investments Commission Clean Energy Regulator Australian Communications and Media Authority New South Wales NSW Government Department of Primary Industries Department of Industry Office of Environment & Heritage The Treasury Victoria State Government of Victoria Business Victoria Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources Agriculture Victoria Energy and Earth Resources Trade & Investment Victoria Queensland Queensland Government Department of Energy and Water Supply Department of Environment and Heritage Protection Department of Natural Resources and Mines Department of State Development Queensland Treasury Trade & Investment Queensland South Australia Government of South Australia Department of State Development Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure Doing Business in Australia

4 Department of Primary Industries and Regions SA Western Australia Government of Western Australia Department of Commerce Department of Environment Regulation Department of Mines and Petroleum Department of State Development Tasmania Tasmanian Government Department of State Growth Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment Australian Capital Territory ACT Government Innovation, Trade and Investment Economic Development The Environment and Planning Directorate Northern Territory Northern Territory Government Department of Business Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries InvestNT Business and industry groups Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) Domain Administration Ltd (auda) Australian Industry Group Sustainable Business Australia Doing Business in Australia

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6 Sydney Level 15 1 Bligh Street Sydney NSW 2000 T F Melbourne Level Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3000 T F Brisbane Level 28 Riparian Plaza 71 Eagle Street Brisbane QLD 4000 T F Perth Level 27 QV.1 Building 250 St. Georges Terrace Perth WA 6000 T F Canberra Level 10 NewActon Nishi 2 Phillip Law Street Canberra ACT 2601 T F Darwin Lindsay Street Darwin NT 0800 T F Doing Business in Australia is intended to provide general information on the business environment and laws of Australia current at May The contents do not constitute legal advice and should not be relied upon as such. Legal advice should be sought in particular matters. Reproduction of any part of the text in this work is welcomed, provided the source is acknowledged. Persons listed may not be admitted in all States and Territories. Clayton Utz 2016 ISBN Doing Business in Australia