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VLRC takes first cut at class action reform
The VLRC has completed its review of Victoria's class action regime, with a particular focus on the effect of litigation funding. The report calls for national regulation of litigation funding, lifting the ban on contingency fees and a greater supervisory role for the Victorian Supreme Court. ...
Report: An update on our predictions for the year ahead across the private equity market
The first half of 2018 has seen a flurry of public-to-private activity that should continue to keep dealmakers busy for the remainder of the calendar year However the mountain of dry powder competing for limited quality investment opportunities remains an issue that has prompted a diversification in ...
Report: Our look ahead to the private equity market in Australia
As new funds enter the local market flexible debt funding structures become more prevalent and sponsors are forced to deploy capital in more innovative ways we expect the Australian PE market to continue to grow Private Equity Horizons 2018 reviews the PE market and looks at the trends and sectors ...
The National Energy Guarantee's Reliability Guarantee and what it means for you
Following the release of the National Energy Guarantee draft design consultation paper by the Energy Security Board Partner Anna Collyer and Associate Mark Leersnyder report on the NEGs proposed Reliability Guarantee component which gives a greater role to regulatory institutions to plan and manage ...
New formal framework to help develop infrastructure within PNG
More public infrastructure and services may be provided in Papua New Guinea through public private partnership arrangements following the long-awaited commencement of the Public Private Partnership Act 2014 ...
Linklaters Insights: Business Crime Quarterly
The high level of global financial crime is a drain on corporate resources and governments around the world are attempting to stay one step ahead of the criminals with new measures to tackle corruption In the Business Crime Quarterly Winter 2018 edition our global alliance partner Linklaters ...
Royal Commission update
The hearings in the Financial Services Royal Commission have been compulsory viewing not only for financial services industry participants and their regulators and professional service providers The hearings have exposed wide-ranging actual or alleged wrongful conduct that has captured the attention ...
Linklaters Insights: Corporate Update
In the latest edition of UK Corporate Update our global alliance partner Linklaters examines the recent key issues in corporate governance and company law including whether companies are using buybacks to inflate executive pay recent court cases of interest and the progress of corporate governance ...
Supply chains and modern slavery: reporting on the rise
The release of the Attorney-Generals consultation paper on modern slavery in supply chains and the recent interim inquiry report on establishing an Australian Modern Slavery Act reflect how international standards around corporate respect for human rights are becoming enshrined in law Australian ...
Vietnam opens its debt trading market to foreign investors
Recent years have seen players in the Vietnamese banking sector making extensive efforts to recover non-performing loans or bad debts The Government has issued new regulations to improve the processes for recovering and handling bad debt in Vietnam and has implemented a framework to facilitate the ...