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Companies in Australia are now able to hold meetings online and company officers can execute documents electronically.

It's impossible to eliminate risk when you're in business but you can manage your exposure to legal risk under contract.

A decision of the full Federal Court in October 2007 has extended the scope of infrastructure facilities which may be subject to compulsory third party access under Part IIIA of the Trade Practices Act.

The draft bill proposes to continue the use of electronic means and alternative technologies in corporate Australia.

The Chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), Joe Longo, commented on three key ESG focus areas of the regulator in recent speeches.

On February 28, 2023, Australia's securities regulator, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), announced that it had commenced "civil penalty proceedings...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) through the Australian Business Registry Services (ABRS) is actively engaging with directors...

The new measures will amend Australia's continuous disclosure regime by adding a fault or intention requirement that replaces the previous strict liability approach.

Further to the Alert issued by Jones Day on 12 April 2016, the Australian Takeovers Panel ("Panel") released its Reasons for Decision in the Metro Mining Limited and Gulf Alumina Limited matter on 15 April, 2016.

There is growing concern by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) that there are significant shortcomings in Board oversight of non-financial risks,

This research canvassed more than 400 business owners and decision-makers of privately-held and family businesses.

Because of the availability of capital gains tax concessions for sale of shares held by individuals or trusts in a company, most sellers of businesses in Australia prefer to structure a sale of their business as a share sale transaction.

Before getting started with buying or selling a business you should think through a few variables first.

Royal assent was recently given to the Corporations Amendment (Corporate Reporting Reform) Act 2010. This legislation amends a number of provisions of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Corporations Act) dealing with financial reporting requirements of companies. In particular, a Corporations Act provision dealing with the payment of dividends has substantially changed.

The UK Bribery Act 2010 (the Act) was passed in the final days of the outgoing administration on 9 April 2010. It has yet to come into force, but is scheduled to do so later this year. The Act introduces four new offences: Bribing, Being Bribed, Bribing a Foreign Public Official; and Failure to prevent corruption within an organisation.

Having accurate minutes is not just a formality required under the corporations law. Detailed minutes may serve as the crucial evidence required to defend a director from charges of breaching of his or her duties, including charges of trading while insolvent

Strategic opportunities to protect the business and assets or to pursue a recovery may be lost because of delay.