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Allens advises Greystar on $1.6 billion student accommodation acquisition
The acquisition, one of the largest of its kind in the Australian market, includes seven high-quality PBSA assets located across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Canberra. The acquisition ...
World Bank compares public procurement globally
The World Bank has released its Benchmarking Public Procurement 2016 report which provides comparable data on regulatory environments that affect the ability of private companies to do business with governments in 77 countries Partner Leighton OBrien who contributed to the reports analysis of ...
The Inverted Bid Model - five key questions in solving it
Industry Super Australias proposed Inverted Bid Model has generated a lot of interest and discussion At a recent industry symposium participants were invited to explore the model with a view to further refining it for application in the Australian infrastructure market Partner David Donnelly poses ...
Government support for security of payment reform in Victoria
The Victorian Parliament has expressed its support for many significant reforms to the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2002 (Vic) (SOPA). ...
WA Supreme Court provides further guidance on challenging adjudication determinations made under the Construction Contracts Act
The WASC has provided additional guidance on the types of errors that can lead to an adjudicators determination being quashed by the court ...
Allens advises Multiplex on a big year of city-shaping projects
The Parkville Precinct Redevelopment is an important step in the staged redevelopment of the Royal Melbourne Hospital and Royal Women's Hospital. The redevelopment adds to a run of city-shaping ...
Extensive recommendations on security of payment released
The Federal Government has released John Murray AMs report into Australian security of payment regimes The Review includes an extensive range of recommendations aimed at achieving legislative best practice and balancing the often competing interests of stakeholders Importantly it makes the case that ...
Security of payment laws to come into force in NSW
New amending security of payment legislation will soon come into force in NSW that will provide greater protection and certainty for subcontractors in the contracting chain Partner Leighton OBrien and Lawyers Will Coote and Jerome Entwisle look at what will change and the implications ...
Resolving and valuing disputed variation claims under BCIPA in Victoria
The Victorian Court of Appeal has confirmed that a dispute resolution clause providing for mediation is insufficient to exclude variations claims from the statutory adjudication process under the Victorian Security of Payment regime The decision also confirms that when determining the value of a ...
Allens advises Aware Real Estate on $600m industrial estate acquisition
The 99-hectare Austrak Business Park estate is Aware Real Estate's largest acquisition to date, and takes Aware's investment in the industrial area to approximately $1.7 billion. Located in Somerto ...