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Food, beverage and agribusiness M&A set for an even stronger year
This Insight explores the key M&A trends shaping this sector, including resilient investment in core consumer products, continued interest from private equity investors, growing public market activity and the increasing role of ESG related matters in driving future opportunities. ...
Activist shareholders are becoming more efficient, more sophisticated and better resourced
Shareholder activists are increasingly using novel tactics to influence the strategies of companies. While campaigns continue to focus on the full spectrum of key issues like M&A activity, busines ...
Evolving litigation landscape: recent ESG disputes trends
In this Insight, we spotlight emerging trends, reflect on potential implications for future ESG-related disputes and provide practical guidance on both managing stakeholder expectations and mitigating the risk of litigation. ...
Preparing for voluntary standards and mandatory legislation: a deep dive into Australia's evolving AI regulatory landscape
Over the past few weeks, the Australian Government has published a series of standards, proposals and policies which foreshadow the principles likely to be adopted in mandatory AI legislation once introduced. ...
Recent UK money laundering decision
In this Insight, we explain how this decision is relevant to Australian companies, in demonstrating how proceeds of crime laws may provide rightsholders and activists with an additional lever for seeking company engagement on tackling modern slavery (and, potentially, other human rights issues). ...
Green shoots: digging into the ACCC's draft guidelines on sustainability collaborations
Climate change has been described as a 'defining challenge' for humanity. In these circumstances, it is timely that the ACCC has released its draft guide on the interaction between sustainability collaborations and Australian competition law (the Draft Guide). ...
Understanding 'adequate procedures' – a key element in Australia's foreign bribery law reforms
In the wake of the new 'failure to prevent' offence, the Commonwealth Attorney-General is required to publish guidance on the steps that can be taken to prevent an associate from bribing foreign publi ...
Insurance coverage for climate litigation: taking the temperature from US case law
In this Insight, we profile some of the key cases and highlight potential barriers that policyholders may face in recovering the costs of climate litigation. ...
M&A trends in the manufacturing and industrials sectors: green manufacturing, investment in technology and industrial real estate
Following our recent Insight on the key M&A trends in the food and beverages sector, we turn to the manufacturing and industrials sectors, with an analysis of some of the major M&A trends we are seeing and their likely direction. ...
Nature-related risks should be at the top of the boardroom agenda: key steps directors should take to manage these risks
Nature-related risks and opportunities have fast become a hot topic of discussion in Australian boardrooms. Investors have warned that boards and executives need to be upskilled on nature-related risks to be ready for what is to come. ...