LAWYER PROFILE

Claire Smith

Asia-Pacific 2026

Clayton Utz

Ranked in 1 practice area

Environment & Planning

Australia

8 years ranked

About

Provided by Clayton Utz

Asia-Pacific

Practice Areas

A leading environment, planning and climate change lawyer, specialising in energy transition projects, natural capital, contaminated land risk transfer and disputes, ESG advisory services, environmental and planning litigation and dispute resolution and greenwashing. Claire has significant expertise advising on planning, regulatory and environmental approval requirements across the whole project cycle and also co-created CU SAFE app for critical safety and environmental incident response.

Claire is the National Practice Group Leader of the Environment & Sustainable Development team.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Asia & Pacific

Environment & Planning - Australia

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Claire Smith is a versatile Sydney-based partner with expertise spanning the environment, planning and climate change spectrum who advises on a variety of issues, including contaminated land matters and planning disputes.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

The quality of Claire's advice is superb and she is very strategic.
Environment & PlanningChambers Asia & Pacific
Claire is a highly experienced and well-respected lawyer. She is always personable and takes the time to understand the client's needs.
Environment & PlanningChambers Asia & Pacific