Fewer, but bigger, deals in FY24
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Despite economic headwinds and geopolitical challenges, 2024 remained a strong year for investment in the food, beverage and agribusiness sector, with a significant rise in deal value offsetting a drop in deal volume. This Insight explores the key M&A trends shaping this sector, including resilient investment
An opportunity to provide feedback
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The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) is conducting a review of the ‘future acts’ regime in the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) (NTA). This review comes in light of over 30 years of operation of the NTA and nearly a decade since the last review. The ‘future
Merger reform legislation passes without amendments
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The Treasury Laws Amendment (Mergers and Acquisitions Reform) Bill 2024 (the Bill) has passed both houses of Parliament with no amendments and is awaiting Royal Assent.
This means a mandatory and suspensory administrative merger regime will formally come into effect for transactions completing on or after
Lessons on judicial approaches to complex scientific disputes from the Roundup litigation
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In class action litigation, where claims of loss and damage can reach into the hundreds of millions, it is increasingly common for parties to rely on highly technical and specialised scientific evidence on causation. But what happens when the science
High Court clarifies criteria in insolvency case
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In September 2024, the High Court delivered an important decision concerning whether a right to sue held by companies in liquidation could engage the requirements for a pooling order under s579E(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Corporations Act). While the issues in Morgan v
Implications for pharmaceutical patent strategies in Australia
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A recent Federal Court decision has struck down a patent term extension (PTE) granted to Novartis for its blockbuster heart failure drug Entresto.
The decision in Novartis AG v Pharmacor Pty Limited (No 3) [2024] FCA 1307 follows a recent trend of successful challenges to
New laws would target ‘dark patterns’ and unfair practices
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On 15 November 2024, the Federal Government released a Consultation Paper that provided further information on the design of the long-awaited unfair trading practices prohibition. The Consultation Paper comes a month after the Prime Minister’s office first announced it would legislate prohibitions around
Important lessons from the English courts
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In October 2024, the English Commercial Court delivered an important decision in BM Brazil1 concerning the ability of a buyer to rely on a material adverse change (MAC) condition to terminate an M&A deal. The decision, which may impact the approach taken by Australian courts,
Nick Adkins One of the critical determinants of success for a PPP is often the relationship with the state, as proprietor of the concession, and the general public.
And obviously Celsus has had some difficulties during the construction phase and that relationship has been on a journey.
How has the use of sustainable finance and
Consistent with the Draft Framework, the new Wind Energy Guideline suggests applicants should include a constraints map in their Scoping Report which, amongst other things, identifies which residences will be associated with the project and which are non-associated. This appears to envisage that applicants will have entered private agreements (including both neighbour and host landowner
