Keypoint Law adds 2 consulting principals

Clarke, a former partner at Hones Lawyers, has over a decade of experience advising on major residential, commercial, industrial, and resources projects, with a specialist capability in development approvals, judicial review, regulatory risk, and complex easement disputes.

He has advised prominent developers, industrial clients, and resource companies on contaminated land issues, development restrictions, yields and uplifts, and planning risks across a diverse range of projects.

Commenting on the appointment, Keypoint said Clarke’s arrival marked an “exciting expansion of our planning and environment capability”.

“His technical expertise and litigation experience will deliver significant value to our clients navigating complex development and regulatory pathways,” Keypoint Law said.

Clarke said he was excited to work with the team “to augment the existing environment, easement and planning services”.

“I’m looking forward to continuing to provide accessible and high-quality service to my clients and those of the wider Keypoint network,” he said.

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Want spent 10 years at Cowley Hearne, including six as a partner, where he led a major, multi-year infrastructure privatisation project that spanned regulatory reform, corporate, commercial, and environmental law.

In the corporate sector, Want has held executive roles in ASX/NZX-listed and multinational organisations, including serving as CEO and managing director of Veda Advantage (now Equifax Australia) and managing director for Travelex across Australasia and Japan.

For over 15 years, Want has advised clients across renewables, energy storage and infrastructure, energy markets, data privacy and AI regulation, and broader strategic regulatory matters.

He has brought a deep, practical understanding of the challenges organisations face in dynamic and highly regulated environments.

Want said he was “delighted” to join the firm.

“I’ve been privileged to have had a challenging and very rewarding legal and corporate career to date,” Want said.

“I believe Keypoint provides a unique, empowering structure and environment for senior lawyers like me to apply their bespoke and hard-won expertise in a way that delivers great outcomes for clients and allows us to focus on the work we really want to do for the clients we really want to support.”