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Allens advises on Northern Star Resources $100M refinancing
Allens has advised the lenders on the establishment of a $100 million syndicated revolving debt facility for Northern Star Resources Limited, replacing Northern Star's previous undrawn senior ...
Linklaters and Allens advise on Victoria International Container Terminal Limited
On 20 July 2016, Victoria International Container Terminal Limited ( VICT ), the Australian subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services Inc. ( ICTSI ), successfully closed an export ...
Allens advises Reece on capital raising to fund MORSCO acquisition
Allens has advised ASX-listed Reece Limited on its A$600 million equity raising to partially fund its acquisition of MORSCO Inc. for US$1.44 billion (A$1.91 billion). Reece is Australia's largest ...
Allens advises Sydney Desalination Plant to achieve refinancing and greater funding diversification
Allens project financing team, led by Partner and Head of Project Finance Michael Ryan and Managing Associate Lisa Zhou, has advised Sydney Desalination Plant Pty Ltd ( SDP ) and its related entiti ...
Finality: an important objective of class actions
The recent Great Southern class action settlement included a term by which group members acknowledged and admitted that loans taken out with independent financiers to finance investments in Great Southern managed investment schemes were valid and enforceable Two separate Victorian Supreme Court ...
ASIC's guidance on conflicts in vertically integrated funds-management businesses
ASIC has released a report looking at the way vertically integrated funds management businesses deal with conflicts of interest The report summarises the findings of ASICs recent review of a number of businesses and sets out some good practice recommendations Partner Marc Kemp and Senior Associate ...
Defining the objective of superannuation
The Government released a discussion paper on the Objective of Superannuation today The paper says that the Government will enshrine in legislation the primary objective recommended by the Financial System Inquiry being To provide income in retirement to substitute or supplement the Age Pension ...
Court accepts market-based causation
Perhaps the most important unanswered question in Australian class action law has been how causation may be established in a shareholder class action After more than a decade of uncertainty the Supreme Court of NSW has ruled that shareholders can prove causation by establishing that the price of the ...
'Chain of Responsibility' amendments impose new environmental obligations in Queensland
The Queensland Parliament has passed the Chain of Responsibility Bill with important amendments prior to enactment The amending Act establishes a new regime under the States primary environmental legislation that exposes related bodies corporate executive officers financiers shareholders and a ...
Raising professional standards of financial advisers
Following on from the reviews conducted by the Parliamentary Joint Committee and the Financial System Inquiry the Government delivered on its promises by releasing an exposure draft of the Corporations Amendment Professional Standards of Financial Advisers Bill 2015 the Bill late last year for ...