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Allens advises on innovative financing for Melbourne roads upgrade
News 21 Dec 2017

Allens has advised the Netflow consortium on an innovative financing arrangement for its A$1.8 billion Western Roads Upgrade public-private partnership (PPP). The financing of the Western Roads ...

Allens advises senior financiers on Ventura Bus Company refinancing
News 07 May 2018

Allens has advised a syndicate of senior lenders on the refinancing of Ventura Bus Company's existing debt facilities, which included senior debt, mezzanine debt and third ranking notes. The ...

Allens advises Queensland Government on major solar project
News 17 May 2018

Allens has advised the Queensland Government (Economic Development Queensland) on the lease of up to 1250 hectares of underutilised state-owned land for one of Australia's largest solar development ...

The Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement
Insight 15 Apr 2014

Australia and japan have enetered into an economic partnership agreement to reducel tariff barriers on the majority of Australian exports to Japan. In contrast to the recently concluded Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement, it does not include an investor-state dispute settlement mechanism. ...

When are LDs a penalty?
Insight 08 May 2015

The Supreme Court of Queensland recently considered whether liquidated damages in a standard form construction contract were a penalty In a decision that traversed long-held doctrines on penalties and recent developments in emAndrewsem and Paciocco the court ruled that the obligation to pay ...

There's no such thing as a free lunch (or road): user charges and road pricing
Insight 26 Jun 2015

Whether or not to more broadly adopt a user-pays model for road infrastructure is a contentious debate within Australia A number of industry participants and bodies have shown leadership in framing and enriching the debate while others have sought to politicise or inflame the core issues Partner ...

Glencore's Newcastle success opens the channel for further access regulation
Insight 01 Jun 2016

Glencore has succeeded in its bid to have the access to the Newcastle shipping channel declared under Australias national access regime The Australian Competition Tribunals decision reversed the acting Treasurers decision and has settled for now the uncertainty about the interpretation of the ...

Extending the reach of Australia's cartel laws and the first criminal prosecution
Insight 28 Jul 2016

Recent decisions handed down in separate cartel proceedings confirm that Australian courts will take a broad approach to the extraterritorial ambit of Australias competition laws This means that more foreign businesses could be caught by Australias criminal and civil cartel laws These decisions ...

Bankruptcy and insolvency law reforms and the innovation agenda
Insight 03 May 2016

The Federal Government has released a Proposals Paper on possible changes to bankruptcy and insolvency laws that will form part of its broader National Innovation and Science Agenda Reform to bankruptcy and insolvency law has been identified as an area that could contribute to changing the culture ...

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