Amit Jois reflects on the key takeaways from the 2019 Global AgInvesting conference in NYC
A Q&A guide to investing in Australia.
On 25 September, Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board issued 2 guidance notes, designed to clarify Australia’s foreign investment policy in 2 key areas - acquisition of agricultural land and...
Recent decisions by the Treasurer of Australia indicate a growing trend towards the imposition of data control conditions in connection with foreign investment approvals. Investors should allow for...
How can novel structuring and proper care achieve security for payment in scrip transactions?
On 16 October 2017, the Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Reform) Bill 2017 (Cth) was passed by Australia’s House of Representatives and granted Royal assent. Following the Royal...
New draft legislation will potentially reform the Corporations Act to curb misuse of the Fair Entitlements Guarantee (FEG), which often leads to the cost of employee entitlements being shifted to...
The amendments to the Corporations Act1 to broaden the ‘safe harbours’ for directors on an insolvency were passed by Parliament on 12 September 20172 and are awaiting a date for commencement.
On 12 September 2017, some of the most significant reforms of Australia’s corporate insolvency laws in recent years were passed by both Houses of the Australian Federal Parliament. These reforms...
The Australian Competition Tribunal has given competition approval for the $11bn merger of Tabcorp and Tatts. Although the Tribunal was the first instance decision maker in this case, under...
All companies, however large or small, will need to comply with these proposed laws when (rather than if) they are enacted.
Important developments in Australia and overseas in foreign bribery policy, investigations and regulation to 20 May 2016, including international the role of intermediaries in Unaoil and the Panama...
Shareholder class actions for alleged breaches of a listed company’s continuous disclosure obligations are an established part of the Australian legal landscape with more than 50 shareholder class...
Legal issues from July 2016.
When a transaction with a direct or indirect connection to Australia is proposed, foreign investors and their counsel should consider whether notification is required or advisable.
While there is a divergence in views among courts in Australia as to whether ambiguity remains a prerequisite for the admissibility of...
Determining whether legal professional privilege applies to the communications of in-house counsel has traditionally involved the preliminary question as to whether the employed lawyer is...
The High Court of Australia recently considered two issues relating to a liquidator's power to disclaim a lease granted by the company in liquidation. The first issue was whether a lease is a...
The position in Australia and the EU -- The ACCC's Immunity Policy is a crucial tool for detecting illegal cartel conduct by providing incentives for cartel participants to 'blow the whistle' and
ASX's new Guidance Note 8: Continuous Disclosure: Listing Rules 3.1 - 3.1B (GN8) became effective on
2012 was a busy year in employment law and workplace relations. With a Federal election to be held this year, it is likely that 2013 will be another eventful...
In Mansfield v The Queen & Anor; Kizon v The Queen & Anor [2012] HCA 49 the High Court found that, in cases concerning 'insider trading', it is irrelevant whether the information traded on is true
Is your desk bending under the weight of a pile of monotonously similar, simple, clear-concise-and-effective, two-part retail bond prospectuses? No? Before you call your broker, read...
The Parliamentary Secretary released an Exposure Draft - Corporations Legislation Amendment (Remuneration Disclosures and Other Measures) Bill 2012 and the associated Explanatory Memorandum to the