LAWYER PROFILE

Rod Halstead

Asia-Pacific 2026

Clayton Utz

Ranked in 1 practice area

Corporate/M&A

Australia

16 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Rod Halstead is consistently rated amongst the top Australian lawyers for mergers and acquisitions, corporate law and governance.

He has more than 40 years' experience advising major domestic and international corporations, institutions and investors on structuring and execution of contested and negotiated takeovers and mergers, including cross-border transactions with UK, US and South East Asia clients. He focuses on listed entities whose securities are traded on public markets and private treaty transactions.

Rod regularly advises the senior management and Boards of major Australian companies on complex governance and Board responsibility matters, including strategic corporate issues and regulatory requirements. He was a member of the Australian Takeovers Panel, which oversees the conduct of M&A in Australia.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Asia & Pacific

Corporate/M&A - Australia

Senior Statespeople

Individual Editorial

Rod Halstead has advised leading companies on a comprehensive range of corporate transaction types for over 40 years and continues to provide strategic insights acquired during this period to several of Clayton Utz's current clients. He is based in Sydney.

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Strengths

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Rod is an incredibly experienced lawyer who has provided us with an outstanding level of service.
Corporate/M&AChambers Asia & Pacific
Rod is the senior statesman of the Australian M&A bar. He is extremely experienced.
Corporate/M&AChambers Asia & Pacific