Allens was founded on 22 July 1822, the day after 21-year-old George Allen was admitted as an attorney and solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and became the first person to complete their full legal training in Australia. When he began his small legal practice in a cottage on Elizabeth Street in Sydney, he could not have forseen the story that would follow.  ...

In 2025, the Allens project finance team supported clients on more than 30 transactions across the region, with a combined deal value of US$17.35 billion, including advising: financiers for the ...

Significant changes to Australia's foreign investment approval (FIRB) regime came into effect last year. This guide provides up-to-date information you need to know about how the new FIRB regime operates. ...

The complexity of Australia's secrecy laws, which include 875 offences across different legislations, poses a challenge for journalists. Lawyers from Allens assisted the Alliance for Journalist Freedom in its submissions to the ...

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Perth has ready access to the business centres of Asia and is the hub of Western Australia's booming mining, oil and gas sectors. Through our partnership approach with clients, we are well placed to provide leadership and influence the development of business in Western Australia. ...

In this year's edition of Class Action Risk, we give an update on the current indicators and drivers of class action risk, with a particular focus on how that risk was spread across a wide range of sectors in 2025, and what areas of emerging risk to watch throughout 2026. ...