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Safeguard 2.0—managing risk under Australia's new carbon scheme
With Australia's revamped baseline-and-credit carbon trading scheme, the Safeguard Mechanism (starting on 1 July 2023), many of Australia's large emitters—and their investors, financiers and customers—are grappling with how to comply with the scheme and manage carbon risk. ...
Release of draft US guidance and Australian access to the benefits of major US critical minerals push
On 1 December 2023, the US Department of Energy published draft guidance on its proposed interpretation of the term 'foreign entity of concern' or 'FEOCs', which directly relates to two major US green innovation reforms. ...
InIP: What's happening in intellectual property - February 2024
Your regular wrap-up of some of the world's leading and intriguing IP stories. ...
Recent developments in employment law
The latest issues, decisions and proposed changes impacting business and workplace risk. ...
Common FIRB issues for private equity firms
Australia's foreign investment approval regime is complex. The tests governing whether a transaction requires foreign investment approval—commonly known as Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) approval—are complex and layered. ...
Allens advises Paine Schwartz Partners and consortium on $2.459 billion acquisition of Costa Group Holdings
Costa Group Holdings Limited is Australia's largest horticulture group and a leading grower, packer and marketer of fresh fruit and vegetables. It operates across five core categories including ...
Giving new meaning to 'going off grid': can alternatives to utility scale generation solve the energy transition?
Challenges facing the energy transition present opportunities for consumers and investors. Can alternatives to utility scale generation solve the energy transition? ...
'Super' protection for consumers and small businesses
The Treasury Laws Amendment (Measures For Future Bills) Bill 2023: ACCC Designated Complaints Function seeks to create a specific complaints-handling function within the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for those lodged by designated consumer and small business advocacy groups. ...
Significant expansion of the NSW duty base
The 2023 NSW budget contained a number of significant changes to stamp duty, including: the landholder duty acquisition threshold for private unit trusts has been lowered from 50% to 20% wholesale un ...