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.
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 +61 2 9353 4103 bcooper@claytonutz.com Additional contacts Sydney Doug Bishop T +61 2 9353 4673 dbishop@claytonutz.com Melbourne Paul James T +61 3 9286 6927 pjames@claytonutz.com Canberra Caroline Bush T +61 2 6279 4029 cbush@claytonutz.com Darwin Mark Spain T +61 8 8943 2512 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 +61 7 3292 7020 bdunphy@claytonutz.com Perth Nick Cooper T +61 8 9426 8228 ncooper@claytonutz.com Private Equity 113 Doing Business in Australia
USEFUL AUSTRALIAN WEBSITES Federal Government departments and bodies Australian Government portal www.australia.gov.au Australian Bureau of Statistics www.abs.gov.au Australian Business Portal www.business.gov.au Australian National Contact Point (OECD guidelines) www.ausncp.gov.au Australian Taxation Office www.ato.gov.au Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) www.austrade.com Australian Government - The Treasury www.treasury.gov.au Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) www.csiro.au Department of Agriculture and Water Resources www.agriculture.gov.au Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade www.dfat.gov.au Department of Immigration and Border Protection www.border.gov.au Department of Industry, Innovation and Science www.innovation.gov.au Department of the Environment www.environment.gov.au Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC) www.efic.gov.au Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) www.firb.gov.au IP Australia www.ipaustralia.gov.au Reserve Bank of Australia (Australia s central bank) www.rba.gov.au Tourism Australia www.australia.com Federal regulators Australian Competition and Consumer Commission www.accc.gov.au Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) www.apra.gov.au Australian Securities & Investments Commission www.asic.gov.au Clean Energy Regulator www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au Australian Communications and Media Authority www.acma.gov.au New South Wales NSW Government www.nsw.gov.au Department of Primary Industries www.dpi.nsw.gov.au Department of Industry www.industry.nsw.gov.au Office of Environment & Heritage www.environment.nsw.gov.au The Treasury www.treasury.nsw.gov.au Victoria State Government of Victoria www.vic.gov.au Business Victoria www.business.vic.gov.au Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources www.economicdevelopment.vic.gov.au Agriculture Victoria www.agriculture.vic.gov.au Energy and Earth Resources www.energyandresources.vic.gov.au Trade & Investment Victoria www.invest.vic.gov.au Queensland Queensland Government www.qld.gov.au Department of Energy and Water Supply www.dews.qld.gov.au Department of Environment and Heritage Protection www.ehp.qld.gov.au Department of Natural Resources and Mines www.dnrm.qld.gov.au Department of State Development www.statedevelopment.qld.gov.au Queensland Treasury www.treasury.qld.gov.au Trade & Investment Queensland www.export.qld.gov.au South Australia Government of South Australia www.sa.gov.au Department of State Development www.statedevelopment.sa.gov.au Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure www.dpti.sa.gov.au 114 Doing Business in Australia
Department of Primary Industries and Regions SA www.pir.sa.gov.au Western Australia Government of Western Australia www.wa.gov.au Department of Commerce www.commerce.wa.gov.au Department of Environment Regulation www.der.wa.gov.au Department of Mines and Petroleum www.dmp.wa.gov.au Department of State Development www.dsd.wa.gov.au Tasmania Tasmanian Government www.tas.gov.au Department of State Growth www.stategrowth.tas.gov.au Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment www.dpipwe.tas.gov.au Australian Capital Territory ACT Government www.act.gov.au Innovation, Trade and Investment www.business.act.gov.au Economic Development www.economicdevelopment.act.gov.au The Environment and Planning Directorate www.environment.act.gov.au Northern Territory Northern Territory Government www.nt.gov.au Department of Business www.dob.nt.gov.au Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries www.dpif.nt.gov.au InvestNT www.investnt.com.au Business and industry groups Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) www.asx.com.au.au Domain Administration Ltd (auda) www.auda.org.au Australian Industry Group www.aigroup.com.au Sustainable Business Australia www.sba.asn.au 115 Doing Business in Australia
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Sydney Level 15 1 Bligh Street Sydney NSW 2000 T +61 2 9353 4000 F +61 2 8220 6700 Melbourne Level 18 333 Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3000 T +61 3 9286 6000 F +61 3 9629 8488 Brisbane Level 28 Riparian Plaza 71 Eagle Street Brisbane QLD 4000 T +61 7 3292 7000 F +61 7 3221 9669 Perth Level 27 QV.1 Building 250 St. Georges Terrace Perth WA 6000 T +61 8 9426 8000 F +61 8 9481 3095 Canberra Level 10 NewActon Nishi 2 Phillip Law Street Canberra ACT 2601 T +61 2 6279 4000 F +61 2 6279 4099 Darwin 17 19 Lindsay Street Darwin NT 0800 T +61 8 8943 2555 F +61 8 8943 2500 www.claytonutz.com Doing Business in Australia is intended to provide general information on the business environment and laws of Australia current at May 2016. 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 1 876436 33 6 117 Doing Business in Australia