Chambers Review
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Investment Funds - Australia
What the Team is Known For
Clayton Utz has extensive expertise in domestic and cross-border investment funds. The team boasts a comprehensive understanding of retail and wholesale funds, assisting major clients with fund-raisings, asset portfolio acquisitions and disposals, fund restructures and general fund governance advice. The practice is also adept at advising on matters involving regulatory compliance and superannuation for clients, including large corporations and their associated funds, as well as financial institutions. The firm is particularly active in the real estate funds space, supported by a top-tier real estate practice. Its notable clients include fund managers and high profile institutional investors.
Strengths
Overall, the way Clayton Utz performs is excellent. It has a great team, always able to turn work around quickly.
We tend to use Clayton Utz for negotiations where we anticipate trouble. They're our hammer for cracking the hard nuts.
I rate them incredibly highly. They got a good big team that go the extra mile and are very efficient.
Work Highlights
Clayton Utz advised Horticulture Innovation Australia on its establishment of the Hort Innovation Venture Fund.
Notable practitioners
Matt is good at dealing with the business and summarising things into simple terms. He always provides good quality, commercial advice.
Matthew delivers outstanding work for us and goes the extra mile. He knows his work, the legislation and all the regulatory material.
Matthew Daley is excellent. He is very knowledgeable on investment matters and knows the legislation back to front. He will tell you how and if you can do something.
Matt Anderson has great knowledge. He knows the market and is good at giving advice on how we should respond to matters.
