ASIC’s review is driven by three overarching concerns: market opacity, growing systemic risk and heightened investor-protection imperatives. This private market reform agenda is part of a global ...

Acting promptly, keeping records and enforcing security instruments to recover losses are all key when dealing with a tenant who can't pay rent.

The ACCC has had two notable wins in its program of cartels enforcement, with the Full Federal Court dismissing two separate appeals from BlueScope Steel and Delta Building Automation – and in the ...

The Australian Treasury has released its quarterly report on foreign investment for 1 October to 31 December 2024 ( Q2 2024/25 ), offering insights into foreign investment activity in Australia, ...

Victorian Agencies and Suppliers should be building in the changes introduced by the Local Jobs First Amendment Act 2025 (Vic), some of which commenced on 1 August, and the remainder are due to start ...

ASIC's message is unambiguous: investment due diligence and compliance oversight are no longer back-office exercises but core fiduciary and operational functions. Recent regulatory action highlights ...

The unfair contract term (UCT) regime in the Australian Consumer Law and ASIC Act has been a significant part of Australian contract law for over a decade. The regime applies to consumer contracts and ...

As shown by the New South Wales Court of Appeal in the Yowie Group case, when litigation is heated and progressing quickly, a short, four-day offer of compromise window can be "reasonable" enough to ...

Clayton Utz has advised Optus on an agreement for the sale and licence-back of around 340 mobile tower and rooftop sites to leading Australian digital infrastructure operator Waveconn. The transaction ...

Governments are beginning to use direct governance rights embedded through tailored equity arrangements, giving them a more structured and durable means of safeguarding sovereign interests ...