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Allens advises on Queensland's Cross River Rail
The Pulse consortium, comprised of CIMIC Group companies, Pacific Partnerships, CPB Contractors, and UGL with international partners DIF, BAM, and Ghella Investments & Partnerships, were confirmed ...
Allens advises on first-of-kind Gold Coast Light Rail expansion
In a first for the Australian market, Allens has advised GoldLinQ Pty Ltd on a series of transactions connected with the delivery of Stage 2 of the Gold Coast Light Rail. Financial Close for the 7. ...
Allens appoints infrastructure partner in Queensland
Allens has appointed infrastructure specialist Nicholas Ng as a partner in the firm's Brisbane office. Mr Ng has been involved in some of the most significant infrastructure projects in Australia a ...
Security of payment laws to come into force in NSW
New amending security of payment legislation will soon come into force in NSW that will provide greater protection and certainty for subcontractors in the contracting chain Partner Leighton OBrien and Lawyers Will Coote and Jerome Entwisle look at what will change and the implications ...
World Bank compares public procurement globally
The World Bank has released its Benchmarking Public Procurement 2016 report which provides comparable data on regulatory environments that affect the ability of private companies to do business with governments in 77 countries Partner Leighton OBrien who contributed to the reports analysis of ...
Construction contracts and the new 'ipso facto' insolvency reforms
New insolvency legislation that is designed to provide greater opportunities to restructure failing businesses both before and during external administration has recently been passed ...
A new planning regime for Queensland
A new planning regime for Queensland has come into effect today with the commencement of the Planning Act 2016. ...
'One stop shop' environmental approvals a step closer in Queensland and NSW
A one stop shop for Commonwealth and state environmental approvals in Queensland and New South Wales is a step closer with the release of draft Approval Bilateral Agreements If implemented as planned Queensland and New South Wales will each become responsible for assessing and approving projects for ...
The hotel window closes - no vulnerability where a contract exists
The High Court recently overturned a NSW Court of Appeal decision that stated a building contractor owed a duty of care for pure economic loss for defective work to a successor in title to the developer of commercial premises. ...
Getting the deal through - Australia PPP chapter
Partners Leighton OBrien and Nicholas Ng provide an overview on public-private partnerships PPPs in Australia examining the general PPP framework trends in the industry the procurement process operation and maintenance default and termination and financing ...