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Vietnam continues to be an attractive destination for foreign investors. Both Vietnamese and foreign-invested enterprises constantly require debt capital from overseas lenders to establish and grow their businesses. Further, the demand for cross-border financing has also been boosted by a growing nu ...

In this update we summarise the progress of existing rule change requests across March 2020 and take a closer look at the AER's review into the values of customer reliability for widespread and long duration outages. ...

Allens has appointed Sarah Kuman as partner of its Papua New Guinea practice. Sarah is a commercial lawyer who works across the resources, energy and infrastructure sectors. She started her legal ...

Access to funding has long been the missing link in the development of startups in Australia The Australian startup industry has grown significantly over the past few years as capital has become more available Alternative funding options including crowdfunding give startups more options than ever ...

Exposure draft legislation to implement long-awaited changes to the tax regime for managed investment trusts is expected to be issued shortly ahead of the regimes recently announced start date of 1 July 2015 Partner Katrina Parkyn recaps some of its expected key features and likely impacts on the ...

Despite a more cautious market in 2023, M&A in the agricultural, food and beverage sector has proven resilient. In this Insight, we delve into some ongoing trends shaping it, as well as giving a quick snapshot of Australia's proposed mandatory climate disclosure regime. ...

Development of the 185 MW / 370 MWh KESS represents a major step towards reducing reliance on coal and gas generators to provide system strength for the Victorian grid. It is expected to increase t ...

The deal sees BHP acquire Ragnar's Swedish subsidiary for $9.8 million, with deferred consideration in the form of a 1% net smelter return royalty upon commencement of commercial production. 'We ...

In its recent decision of Vanderstock v Victoria, the High Court has ruled by a 4:3 majority that the Victorian electric vehicle road user charge is unconstitutional. ...