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Allens advises KKR on sale of Australian Venue Co. to PAG
AVC is an established food and beverage-led hospitality group that owns and operates a portfolio of more than 210 pubs, bars and event venues across Australia and New Zealand. AVC's management team ...
Australia and Singapore enter into Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
The Australian and Singaporean governments have recently concluded discussions on a landmark agreement that will see the two countries cooperating across a range of strategic initiatives including in the areas of trade and economics innovation education people and defence The Comprehensive Strategic ...
2023 corporate crime landscape: interim update
This interim update summarises the major developments in Australia's corporate crime landscape of 2023 so far. With increased exposure, scrutiny and penalties, it is ever more vital to ensure your organisation is taking steps to be compliant with the evolving corporate crime landscape. ...
MAC conditions: more disclosure but no real change to market practice
MAC conditions have long been a feature of managing completion risk in public M&A transactions in Australia—utilising triggers based on either or both quantitative and qualitative measures. However, in 2022 ASIC published its concerns on the formulation of these conditions and, in particular, its expectation that MAC conditions include objective and 'quantifiable' triggers. ...
Setting a new standard: a guide to APRA's operational risk management reforms
Given the tight timeframes proposed, APRA regulated entities should begin to review their operational risk management processes and arrangements against draft CPS 230 – see our practical implementation guide here. ...
Part 1 – Detailed Analysis of CPS 230 and comparison with existing standards
Operational risk has been a headline issue in the superannuation, insurance and banking industries over recent years, so it is no surprise to see APRA sharpening its focus on operational resilience with the release of a new draft prudential standard, CPS 230. In this Insight we provide an overview of CPS 230 and what it will mean for you. ...
Allens advises Bain Capital on $959M proposed acquisition of Estia
The signing of the scheme implementation agreement progresses Bain Capital's five-month pursuit of Estia, having made an initial non-binding and indicative proposal in March. 'We are delighted to ...
Number of class action filings on track to significantly outstrip 2022
The increase in filings has been fuelled by the first significant wave of cyber class actions following several high-profile data breach incidents, as well as a rise in competing class actions. 'Th ...
Class action risk: interim update
Class action filings in 2023 are on pace to significantly outstrip the number of claims filed last year, reverting to the trend of elevated filings seen over recent record setting years. ...
Allens advises APN Outdoor on $1.119bn acquisition by JCDecaux
Allens has secured ACCC clearance on behalf of APN Outdoor for its acquisition by way of scheme of arrangement by JCDecaux SA, through which JCDecaux will acquire 100 per cent of the company's issu ...