Robert Speed
Principal
Principal
Robert is an experienced corporate lawyer with expertise in equity capital markets, M&A (public and private), financial services, securities regulation and corporate governance.
Robert has acted on a wide variety of complex and novel transactions over the last 15 years and advised clients in a number of different scenarios. This includes off-market and on-market takeovers, schemes of arrangement, Takeovers Panel matters, 611/7 acquisitions, IPOs and secondary equity capital raisings, capital instrument structuring, capital management initiatives, ASX listings and Listing Rule approvals.
Robert is also well versed in a variety of other regulatory spaces, including FIRB, financial services and markets licensing.
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. Â
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.
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