There is a growing appetite for litigation and regulatory enforcement in the insurance industry. In the wake of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry (the Financial Services ...

Our Board and Executive Committee govern the strategic direction of our firm. ...

2024 saw Allens reach a significant milestone in its reconciliation journey—50 Jawun secondments. As one of our reconciliation partner organisations, our relationship with Jawun allows us to connect our people with Indigenous organisations ...

Our First Nations Internship Program has been running since 2006, providing an opportunity for law students to find out more about working in a commercial legal environment. ...

Culture and social licence '[G]etting culture and conduct right is not a supervisory requirement. It is necessary for banks’ and banking’s economic and social sustainability'1 Culture and misconduct The role of corporate culture assumes ...

Australia's national environmental law, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act) is 25 years old and undergoing once-in-a-generation reform. Contributing to the reform process, Allens brings a practical perspective on how these changes are evolving and implications for businesses seeking certainty for their developments. ...

The ACCC's Interim Report 5 in the Digital Platform Services Inquiry (the DPSI) recommends to Treasury a number of reforms to competition and consumer laws which it considers are not currently sufficient to address harms it has identified since 2017. ...

Contract law is at the core of almost every lawyer's practice. We prepare the Contract Law Update by reviewing every contract law decision handed down by Australian appellate courts during the year and preparing summaries of those most relevant to lawyers in commercial practice. ...