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Allens acts on $12 billion real estate investment trust merger
Allens has acted for Federation Centres in its recent merger with fellow real estate investment trust Novion Property Group. The merger was effected by way of a company scheme and trust scheme, whi ...
Allens advises on innovative financing for Melbourne roads upgrade
Allens has advised the Netflow consortium on an innovative financing arrangement for its A$1.8 billion Western Roads Upgrade public-private partnership (PPP). The financing of the Western Roads ...
Allens tops project finance transaction value for 2017
Allens has topped the Inframation Deals Project Finance League Table for deal value in Australia and New Zealand in 2017. The firm advised on transactions with a combined value of over $29.5 billio ...
Time to act on Australia's social infrastructure deficit: new report from Allens
Governments must act now to reduce Australia's growing social infrastructure deficit by broadening the market, improving bidding processes and increasing private sector participation, according to ...
Allens acts on sale of the Optima Centre to Charter Hall
Allens has advised a fund managed by BlackRock in relation to the sale for more than $125 million of Perth's Optima Centre to two separate funds managed by the Charter Hall Group. The Optima Centre ...
Carbon pollution reduction schemes? - China one way, Australia the other?
As part of its commitment to solving serious air pollution problems the Chinese Government has launched a variety of pilot schemes that will eventually pave the way for the establishment of a national emissions trading market These steps are in marked contrast to the position in Australia where the ...
The Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement
Australia and japan have enetered into an economic partnership agreement to reducel tariff barriers on the majority of Australian exports to Japan. In contrast to the recently concluded Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement, it does not include an investor-state dispute settlement mechanism. ...
Emissions Reduction Fund White Paper released
The Federal Government has released its White Paper on the design of the Emissions Reduction Fund Partner Grant Anderson reports ...
Streamlining environmental approvals for offshore petroleum projects
A new regime that streamlines the environmental approvals process for petroleum activities in Commonwealth waters will place a greater responsibility on the titleholder of a tenement rather than the operator Partner Chris Schulz and Senior Associate Eve Lynch provide an overview of the changes ...
Government moves to abolish ACNC
The Federal Government has taken the first step towards achieving its announced intention of abolishing the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission and transferring some of its functions to the Australian Taxation Office and the yet-to-be-established National Centre for Excellence ...