Covered in this webinar: Allens Head of Cyber, Valeska Bloch, will be joined by Dr Kobi Leins (GAICD), Honorary Senior Fellow of King’s College London and Advisory Board Member of the Carnegie AI and Equality Initiative. This discussion will focus on: what you need to know about, and how to best use, generative AI; what organisations should be thinking about from an AI governance perspective; and understanding how to best procure AI. ...

Australia stands at a defining inflection point in the rise of data centres as critical national infrastructure. Backed by deep global capital and a surging domestic pipeline, yet held back not by demand, but by the growing challenge of delivering at scale. ...

This report provides an overview of the key regulatory and governance risks facing superannuation trustees in the year ahead. It outlines areas of heightened enforcement focus, upcoming legislative reforms and emerging obligations under prudential standards. It also highlights practical steps trustees can take to strengthen resilience and meet evolving expectations across governance, risk and member outcomes. ...

Covered in this webinar: real-world examples of the latest technology being used on projects in Australia; differences between Australia and other countries in the adoption of cutting-edge technology on major projects; how different contracting models and policy settings can encourage (and discourage) the use of productivity-boosting AI, technology and innovation in the construction industry; and how in-house and external lawyers can position themselves to be key advisers to construction and infrastructure clients looking to innovate. ...

As a major sponsor of the AFR Business Summit 2026, Allens supported two days of rigorous discussion between Australia’s leading business figures, investors and policymakers on the forces shapin ...

In early February, Anthropic introduced a new legal plugin for its Cowork platform; one of the first signals that a major AI technology player sees the legal industry as a market worth explicitly targ ...

The Australian Government recently announced it will not introduce a 'text and data mining exception' into Australia's copyright regime. This means that, in most circumstances, reproductions and extra ...

The premise of outsourcing is simple: organisations reduce their costs by leveraging a third party to perform labour-intensive work in a more efficient manner and with a lower cost base. However, the ...

AI impact assessments are one of the most effective ways to turn responsible AI principles into practice, but they remain underused and often difficult to operationalise. Over the past few years, orga ...

Just a year after the publication of the Australian Voluntary AI Safety Standard (VAISS), the National AI Centre (NAIC) has published new Guidance for AI Adoption. The Guidance for AI Adoption updates ...