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Lend Lease Development - will the High Court be moved on what 'moves' the transfer?
In Lend Lease Development Pty Ltd v Commissioner of State Revenue, the Victorian Court of Appeal decided that certain 'development contributions' made by a purchaser to a vendor did not form part of the consideration that 'moved' the transfer of land to the purchaser. ...
Michelle Levy wins Partner of the Year
Partner Michelle Levy was announced as 'Partner of the Year' in the Financial Services category at last night's Lawyers Weekly inaugural awards ceremony held in Sydney. Michelle is a financial ...
Allens advises lenders on $22 billion debt financing
Allens has acted for a syndicate of 20 lenders that is providing the $22 billion needed for shopping centre group Westfield Group to complete its restructure and merge its Australian and New Zealan ...
Allens appoints new Chief Executive Partner
Richard Spurio has today been announced as the new Chief Executive Partner (CEP) of Allens. Taking over the reins from outgoing CEP Michael Rose, Richard will build on the transformational work ...
Allens appoints 14 new Managing Associates
Allens has appointed its latest group of new Managing Associates. Fourteen Managing Associates have been appointed, effective today. The appointments mark the second group promoted to Managing ...
Allens helps launch Sydney's new fintech startup hub
Allens has joined leading corporate and financial organisations in launching Sydney's independent, not-for-profit fintech hub, Stone & Chalk, tonight. Stone & Chalk, which was officially launched ...
New rules on foreign investment in Vietnamese credit institutions
The long-anticipated changes to the rules on foreign investment in Vietnamese credit institutions allowing greater levels of foreign investment particularly in the case of weak banks will soon come into effect Partner Robert Fish and Senior Associate Linh Bui report ...
Queensland Government proposes land access reforms
The Queensland Government has released a discussion paper setting out proposed reforms to the States land access regime for public and private land The paper closely follows other discussion papers released recently in respect of proposed reforms to restricted land and the process for notifying and ...
The Federal Court on information to third parties, legal professional privilege and waiver
A recent Federal Court decision highlights the importance of managing the provision of information and documentation to third parties with caution in order to preserve legal professional privilege Partner Richard Harris and Senior Associate Elnaz Nikibin report on the case ...
We want our money back! Excess GST refund rules to change
After two years three rounds of public consultation and one aborted attempt Federal Parliament looks likely to pass legislation amending the rules governing when the Australian Taxation Office is required to refund excess GST to a taxpayer ...