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Special Report: Understanding the opportunities and navigating the legal frameworks of distributed ledger technology and blockchain
Insight 17 Jun 2016

Authored by a multidisciplinary team from Allens Blockchain Reaction is designed to assist business stakeholders decision makers and in-house counsel across a variety of sectors to understand the technology and how it is being used as well as navigate the regulatory and legal opportunities and ...

Your 'Metadata' as Personal Information
Insight 07 May 2015

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 ...

Fact sheet: Sharing is caring - but it may also be taxable!
Insight 10 Jun 2015

A current trend in our society is our willingness to share whether it be our home office or our time This sharing economy is set to grow and with that growth comes increased ATO scrutiny ...

Allens acts for PZ Cussons in successfully defending the first contested 'hub and spoke' cartel case brought by the ACCC
News 29 May 2019

In 2013, the ACCC first took action against: PZ Cussons and Colgate-Palmolive, alleging they had entered into a cartel in relation to the supply of laundry detergents with a third laundry detergent ...

Trend Watch: What the top ten 2018 cybersecurity trends mean for your business
Insight 16 Jan 2019

Last year was a big year for cybersecurity Organisations were forced to grapple with an increasingly complex regulatory environment as governments across the globe continued to navigate how to best protect personal information in the face of increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity threats We look ...

Big data: Allens advises M2 Group on proposed $3 billion merger
News 28 Sep 2015

Allens has advised M2 Group Ltd on its proposed $3 billion merger with Vocus Communications. Under the proposed merger, announced today, M2 Group shareholders will receive 1.625 Vocus shares for ea ...

Breaking - Australian Government releases draft decryption legislation
Insight 15 Aug 2018

The Australian Government has released draft legislation to provide national security and law enforcement agencies with means to access encrypted communications and devices The draft legislation aims to respond to the increasingly widespread use of encryption by Australian consumers and the ...

Allens Accelerate: FAQs: Shareholders agreements
Insight 15 Jun 2016

Together with your companys constitution a shareholders agreement provides the foundation for the corporate governance of your startup and outlines what a shareholder can and cant do It also sets out the shareholders rights and obligations and their role in the management of the company ...

The efficacy of e-signatures
Insight 08 Apr 2017

Allens has adopted e-signature using DocuSign as a service to clients. Senior Finance Counsel Diccon Loxton has written an article in two parts that examines the efficacy of e-signatures. ...

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