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Allens advises John Laing on $285M wind farm portfolio sale
The portfolio comprises interests in six different assets across South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. John Laing has sold its aggregate interest in 209MW of the total 514MW capacity of the asset ...
Allens launches legal accelerator in partnership with Collective Campus
Auctus – Allens Legal Accelerator is seeking startups with solutions to two identified challenges: contract creation and management; and risk assessment and compliance. Solutions may include, but ...
Privacy Act Review – what you need to know
We consider the key implications arising from the Attorney-General's long-awaited review of the Privacy Act - a key part of the Government's response to the ACCC's Digital Platforms Inquiry. The review seeks to strengthen privacy protections for individuals and streamline compliance for businesses working across international borders. ...
A battle with Banksy
Banksy has lost his trade mark rights to his notorious Flower Thrower artwork in the EU. The EUIPO's decision reflects on bad faith registrations in the EU and offers other important food for thought in the context of trade mark and copyright law. ...
Act fast, act well: Federal Court decision reinforces the importance of robust compliance programs for banks and other financial services licensees
Chief Justice Allsop of the Federal Court recently imposed on a bank, by consent of ASIC and the bank, civil penalties totalling $10 million for unconscionable conduct in carrying out an inadequate customer remediation process. It highlights the importance of banks and other financial services licensees having in place robust compliance programs and taking prompt and comprehensive action where possible non-compliance is identified. ...
A key landmark in IBOR transition
The long-awaited ISDA IBOR Fallbacks Supplement and Protocol will be going live today with the endorsement of ASIC, the RBA and APRA. They implement new benchmark fallbacks for both future and existing derivative contracts, facilitating the efficient transition from LIBOR and other IBORs in anticipation of their discontinuation. If you have a derivatives portfolio, the Protocol allows quick and easy adoption of the new fallbacks through a one-off adherence. That said, it may not be sufficient to cover all scenarios. ...
Allens advises Bendigo Bank on alliance with Tyro
The alliance will see Tyro become the Bank's exclusive merchant acquiring partner for business customers for an initial 10-year term, with Bendigo Bank to exclusively refer its current and future ...
Yes, government should fast-track infrastructure spending. But wisely.
There is no question that more public spending and job creation will help, but how that money is spent, where and on what type of projects should be carefully scrutinised. Our latest research unpacks the issues. ...
National Electricity and Gas rules update: September 2020
In our latest update, we examine the progress of new and existing rule change requests to the AEMC across the month of September, as well as take a closer look at the ESB's progress on its Post-2025 Market Design. ...
Allens advises Warrego Energy on joint development alignment and gas sales agreement
Allens has advised Warrego Energy Limited (Warrego) on a binding Heads of Agreement with its venture partner, Strike Energy Limited (Strike), for the joint development of the West Erregulla gas field, and in relation to a long term gas sales agreement (GSA) with Alcoa of Australia Limited. ...