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Powered by the growing connection of people, organisations and machines to the internet, economic value is now stored in data, and change outstrips regulation. Transformative technologies – from the Internet of Things to Blockchain and beyond – change our world, and we are all changing in response. This digital transformation cuts across all business lines, organisations, industries and regulatory frameworks.

When you're innovating, you'll soon discover plenty of novel, complex challenges – and plenty of lawyers stumped by them. That's no use when you need fresh legal thinking from lawyers who deliver novel, commercial solutions to keep your transformation on track.

That's where we come online.

We keep our clients ahead of the curve, drawing on deep experience with regulators, industry bodies, governments and agencies. You'll get a group of multidisciplinary, cross-practice experts giving you the advice you need to weigh commercial opportunities with potential risks, and support your innovation with incisive, practical solutions to unique digital issues.

Resources

Explore our experts’ latest thinking on the issues and matters shaping today’s digital landscape below:

• Closing the Digital Blind Spot: Managing Third-Party Risk: Our new report and toolkit sets out a practical approach to identifying hidden dependencies, strengthening governance and building resilience before disruption hits.

• AI in M&A: This guide provides a practical framework for purchasers approaching investments in AI-rich companies. It outlines the key considerations, helping you assess potential risks, understand their impact on value, and take pre-emptive steps to mitigate them.

• Digital Economy Live Webinar Series: Watch our webinar series - on demand, bringing together legal experts, regulators, policy-makers and industry leaders, to offer big picture perspectives on the challenges, opportunities and regulatory development shaping the digital economy.

• Digital complexity in energy, utilities and infrastructure white paper: Explore the changing nature of procurement and contracting in digitally-connected projects, arguing that traditional models fall short in this new era of heightened regulatory demands, governance requirements and cyber risks.

• AI Governance white paper: This whitepaper highlights the importance of governance in ensuring AI is deployed ethically, transparently, and in alignment with societal values. Drawing on leadership insights and the Voluntary AI Safety Standards.

Recognition

• Ranked Tier 1, Data protection and cyber security, Legal500, Australia

• Ranked Tier 1, Intellectual property, Legal500, Australia

• Ranked Tier 1, IT and telecoms, Legal500, Australia

• Ranked Band 1, TMT: IT and Telecommunications, Chambers Asia-Pacific: Australia

Australia's metals and mining sector is the engine room of the national economy, accounting for between 9.9 and 12 percent of GDP. But few industries operate under a heavier regulatory load, carry more direct geopolitical exposure, or face closer examination from investors, communities, regulators and activists at every stage from tenement to closure.

The producers and investors who treat these as questions of execution rather than compliance are the ones who capture a competitive edge.

How we help

Clayton Utz traces its roots to 1833, and metals and mining are a core part of our DNA. We have partnered with producers and investors through booms and busts, through the rise and fall of commodities, and through successive rewrites of the rules that govern them.

We understand how decisions made throughout the life of a mine impact those that follow and how advice given in isolation can have unintended impact years later.

Our metals and mining team brings capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, project development, environment and approvals, finance, tax, foreign investment, employment, safety and disputes lawyers together in a single national team.

The result is one team across the life of the asset ensuring your legal architecture is built to hold up when conditions turn.