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Allens advises SpeedCast on satellite services business
Allens has advised leading global satellite telecommunications service provider SpeedCast International Limited on its acquisition of the assets of NewSat from receivers McGrathNicol. Under the dea ...
Allens advises on Macarthur Wind Farm sale
Allens has advised Australian integrated energy company AGL Energy Limited on the sale of its 50 per cent participating interest in the Macarthur Wind Farm in south-west Victoria. AGL Energy sold t ...
TransGrid lease completes
Allens has worked with NSW Treasury and its other advisers to bring to completion the $10.258 billion 99-year lease of TransGrid to consortium, NSW Electricity Networks. The long-term lease of the ...
Allens advises Keppel Infrastructure Trust on $1.1bn acquisition of Ixom
Allens has advised Keppel Infrastructure Trust (KIT) on its acquisition of leading chemicals business Ixom for an enterprise value of $1.1 billion. The acquisition, from Blackstone managed funds an ...
ALRC Final Report: 'Serious Invasions of Privacy in the Digital Era'
The Australian Law Reform Commission has released its long-anticipated final report on serious invasions of privacy The report proposes that a new statutory cause of action be implemented in a new stand-alone Commonwealth Act If adopted the proposal would have far reaching ramifications for ...
Shareholder activism in Australia
The past few years have seen a dramatic rise in shareholder activism across Europe and the US This trend is now becoming increasingly common in Australia Following an unsuccessful attempt to gain control of the board of ASX-listed Antares Energy Limited by a US-based hedge fund Partner Tim Lester ...
NSW to go it alone on a tort of privacy?
A New South Wales legislative committee has released a report following an inquiry into remedies for serious invasions of privacy in New South Wales In an unexpected and controversial move the report recommends that the NSW Government take the lead by introducing a statutory cause of action for ...
Review into four major banks - money for consultants?
The Parliamentary Economics Committee released its report following its review into Australias four major banks yesterday Our Financial Services Regulation team has a look at the recommendations in this update ...
Mandatory data breach notification scheme passed
The Federal Parliament has today passed the Privacy Amendment Notifiable Data Breaches Bill 2016 which will amend the Privacy Act 1988 Cth to introduce a mandatory data breach notification scheme ...
Competition news
In Touch looks at what's been happening in Competition this month and what it means for your business ...