Allens has advised Rio Tinto on the recently announced series of divestments of its coal assets in Queensland for US$4.15 billion. The transactions comprise binding agreements to sell Rio Tinto's ...

Allens has advised Freudenberg Household Products Pty Ltd on its acquisition of E.D. Oates Pty Ltd from GUD Holdings Limited for $80 million. The acquisition of Oates, Australia's market leader in ...

Allens worked closely with US law firm Latham & Watkins and advised on all aspects of the transaction, including structuring the cross-border deal. LIFX is a market-leading provider of wifi-enabled ...

IP Australia recently announced it is calling for submissions in relation to proposals that will change aspects of Australia's design system. The principal matters under consideration are: virtual designs; partial designs; and incremental designs. ...

In this Insight, we outline the key features of the Strategy, identify questions yet to be answered and focus on several of its key aspects. ...

In this Insight, we explain the current duty of care regime and what to look out for in the future. ...

Time is of the essence for companies to prepare for changes to unfair contract terms (UCT) laws. The new regime will apply to standard form contracts entered into or renewed following 9 November 2023, and to terms of standard contract terms varied after this date. ...

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. ...

In our latest update, we examine the progress of new and existing rule change requests to the AEMC across the month of May. We also take a closer look at the AEMC's final report in relation to the interim reliability measure published on 25 May. ...

In this Insight, we examine deal contingent derivatives, with a particular focus on their benefits over other financial risk mitigation tools such as swaptions and forward starting swaps. ...