Metal clad laminate and method for manufacturing metal clad laminate

A method for manufacturing a metal clad laminate having a film and a metal layer formed of a foundation layer and an upper layer, comprising the steps of:

• preparing a plating solution containing phosphorous and having pH of the plating solution between 4.5 and 7.5;
• forming the foundation layer on at least a part of a surface of the film by electroless plating in the plating solution to obtain a first laminate so that the foundation layer has a thickness about 0.3 um;
• forming the upper layer on the first laminate by plating to obtain a second laminate;
• and heating the second laminate to obtain the metal clad laminate, wherein the film is a flexible thermoplastic polymer film, the foundation layer is formed of a nickel alloy containing phosphorous of 6 mass % or less, the upper layer is formed of copper, at least one of the foundation layer and the upper layer has a compression stress before the step of heating the second laminate, and the metal clad laminate shrinks in a planar direction of the film by 0.1% to 0.3% during the step of heating the second laminate.