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ASIC announces fintech licensing exemptions
As part of its implementation of the regulatory sandbox for fintech companies ASIC is providing relief for certain fintech businesses from the obligation to hold an Australian financial services or Australian credit licence Relief may be available for up to 12 months and may be useful to businesses ...
Allens Accelerate: Preparing for investment
As a startup looking to raise capital youll most likely spend a fair bit of time thinking about your pitch to potential investors and if youre lucky the terms of any investment ...
NSW to go it alone on a tort of privacy?
A New South Wales legislative committee has released a report following an inquiry into remedies for serious invasions of privacy in New South Wales In an unexpected and controversial move the report recommends that the NSW Government take the lead by introducing a statutory cause of action for ...
Commissioner threatens to issue higher tax bills
The Commissioner of Taxation has in a recent Australian Senate Estimates hearing expressed frustration that companies potentially subject to Australias cross-border anti-avoidance laws including the new Multinational Anti-Avoidance Law or MAAL which have documents offshore outside the reach of his ...
Allens Accelerate: The startup investor tax concessions - what you need to know
The Federal Government has introduced a Bill detailing tax concessions to incentivise investment into Australian startups ...
The Zenith: Allens advises BlackRock and Centuria on joint purchase
Allens has advised a BlackRock investment client and Centuria Property Funds Limited on their joint acquisition of The Zenith. The iconic Chatswood property, which consists of two 21-storey towers, ...
Allens advises Power Ledger on A$34 million blockchain ICO
Allens has advised Power Ledger on its ground-breaking Token Generation Event, one of Australia's first Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), which raised A$34 million for the company. Power Ledger is a ...
Allens advises Fox Sports on Cricket Australia broadcast deal
Allens has advised Fox Sports Australia on its six-year agreement with Cricket Australia to broadcast every ball bowled in every game of cricket in Australia from October 2018. The deal, worth a ...
Fighting to protect Fintech innovations
The growth of financial services technology or Fintech as it is now called has exploded in recent years yet many of its creators dont realise that their innovations are patentable ...
Your 'Metadata' as Personal Information
In a decision published this week the Australian Privacy Commissioner has clarified that metadata may be personal information when an organisation has the capacity and resources to link that information to an individual Partner Michael Pattison Associate Priyanka Nair and Law Graduate Leah Wickman ...