A boutique built for serious counsel.
Quaymark exists for the mandates where reputation, capital, and credibility move together. Senior thinking, delivered directly.
Independent by design.
Quaymark was founded on a particular conviction: that the most consequential work in corporate and financial communications — the kind that determines whether a transaction closes, a crisis recedes, or a profile takes hold — is best done by a small number of senior people, working in tandem with clients, free of the institutional pressures that come with scale.
We are chosen, and retained, for the seniority of our counsel, the directness of our advice, and the discretion that comes with independence.
We believe that the best counsel is also the most honest. The work is direct, confidential, and tightly held.
Our work falls into three areas: transactions, including M&A and capital markets communications; crisis and issues management; and profile-raising for boards, chief executives, and founders. We also provide media coaching ahead of interviews, results announcements, and regulatory appearances.
Independence is the organising principle of the firm. We are privately held, with no parent group and nothing else to sell. That is what makes it possible for us to give advice that serves the client and the client alone, and to decline work where our independence would be compromised.
William Roberts
Founder & PrincipalWill Roberts is a corporate communications expert with experience across some of Australia's most consequential transactions and reputational moments.
His work spans M&A and capital markets, crisis and issues, and profile-raising for boards, chief executives, and founders.
Before founding Quaymark, Will led Australia's oldest corporate and financial communications firm, where he advised private and listed companies through transactions, regulatory matters, and high-stakes media engagements.
Earlier in his career he was a Federal Government media adviser in Canberra and Sydney, working across two federal elections — including running the campaign for a key marginal seat in the 2016 Federal Election.
Will holds a PhD in Media and Communications from the University of Sydney. He lives and works in Sydney and advises clients across Australia.
Three principles, applied without exception.
Senior-led, always.
Every engagement is led and delivered by senior counsel. There are no junior account managers and no work passed down the chain. The senior briefed is the senior on the file.
Discretion by default.
The firm is built around confidentiality. Most engagements are not disclosed at all, including the fact that we have been retained. Quaymark does not maintain a public client list, and any case-study disclosure is made selectively and with consent.
Straight-talking.
Communications strategy that cannot be explained in plain English is rarely strategy. We avoid jargon, hedge sparingly, and give clients the view we actually hold — including when it is the harder one to give.
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