YT International, an investor associated with Perth Upper China Hotel, has purchased the Forrest Centre office tower in Perth's CBD. Allens assisted on the due diligence and bid process for the ...

Allens has advised Places Victoria, the Victorian Government's property development agency, on its sale of two residential growth corridor development sites for a combined $180 million. Places ...

Legislation has been introduced in Victoria to provide for new standard infrastructure levies to fund local infrastructure such as roads community centres kindergartens maternal and child health facilities local parks and sporting facilities ...

Allens has advised Infrastructure Capital Group ( ICG ) on the successful A$205 million issue in the US Private Placement ( USPP ) market by Hallett Hill No.2 Wind Farm. The transaction is ...

While it is an established asset class offshore particularly the US and UK the build-to-rent market in Australia is in its infancy For build-to-rent to become an established asset class in Australia social legal tax and broader economic challenges need to be overcome Recent legislative reform and a ...

APRA has released its long-awaited Prudential Standard CPS 226 Margining and risk mitigation for non-centrally cleared derivatives While these rules are based on the Draft released in February of this year and address some of the concerns raised during the consultation process there are still a ...

Proposed amendments to the Construction Contracts Act 2004 WA will if passed result in significant changes to the adjudication process in Western Australia Partner Jeremy Quan-Sing Senior Associate Fiona Potter and Law Graduate Thanushar Sridaran report on the potential impacts of the changes ...

In a recent decision the Supreme Court of Western Australia quashed two adjudication determinations on the basis of jurisdictional error At the core of the decision was a finding that the adjudicator had misapplied the terms of the relevant construction contract The decision suggests that an ...

The Victorian Court of Appeal has confirmed that a dispute resolution clause providing for mediation is insufficient to exclude variations claims from the statutory adjudication process under the Victorian Security of Payment regime The decision also confirms that when determining the value of a ...

A recent Federal Court appellate decision highlights the fundamental tension in the Corporations Act between shareholders power to propose resolutions at members meetings and the proposition that a company is to be managed by its Board of directors ...