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On 20 March 2025, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission released a draft of its updated Merger Assessment Guidelines, inviting public submissions by interested parties 17 April 2025.
A question is often asked of us about the different ways to structure a company's share capital. Here is a summary of the Australian legal position and practice with respect to the share capital of an Australian company.
On 14 November 2024, the Treasury released an exposure draft of the Treasury Laws Amendment Bill 2024: Enhanced Disclosure of Ownership of Listed Entities (Draft Bill) and opened consultation in relation to the Draft Bill.
This article discusses the requirements of a valid share transfer in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and the adverse consequences that may arise from an invalid transfer.
In late 2023, ASX foreshadowed a raft of changes to the ASX Listing Rules which were reportedly designed to streamline the process for admission to its official list.
It is commonly thought that dividends paid by Australian companies must be paid equally across all shares within the same class.
On 3 December 2021, a five-member full bench of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) deemed that a vaccine mandate introduced by BHP at its Mt Arthur Coal...
In response to the outbreak of COVID-19, governments in the various states and territories of Australia have enacted public health orders to minimise the risk of further transmission of the virus. Following the making of these public health orders, e...
With the increased risk from the highly infectious Delta COVID-19 variant within the community and workplaces, a hot topic for employers is whether they can direct their employees to have the COVID-19 vaccine. And if they refuse, can they terminate o...