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When a company enters liquidation, directors often assume their responsibilities have ended. However, they retain critical statutory obligations to assist the liquidator, provide company records, and respond to inquiries about the company's affairs. Understanding these continuing duties is essential, as failure to cooperate can result in penalties, court orders, and potential personal liability.

On 6 November 2025, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced enforcement actions against two major superannuation funds, for alleged greenwashing in their investment portfolios.

Recent changes may have an impact on your next AGM.

When a company enters liquidation with little or no assets, how does the liquidator fund investigations and pursue potential recoveries? This article examines the statutory framework under Section 545 of the Corporations Act 2001 and explores why liquidators may seek creditor funding to investigate misconduct, pursue voidable transactions, and maximize returns to stakeholders.

The Council's consultation draft sets out 33 general recommendations and seven additional recommendations that are applicable in specific circumstances.

When two individuals are engaged as a single, inseparable commercial asset, what happens when that relationship breaks down? Who has breached: the person who walks away, the person who remains, or the organisation that can no longer deliver the product it contracted for? And how do those questions shift when the dispute plays out publicly?

Companies seeking to raise funds to stave off financial crisis may often find it difficult to attract a cornerstone investor or third party underwriter.

When facing bankruptcy or insolvency, companies have the option of going into voluntary administration. This is when an independent and qualified person (a voluntary administrator) takes...

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) released a Response Paper on Prudential Supervision of General Insurance Groups on 4 October 2006, which refines the original proposals on the draft prudential framework for corporate groups involving authorised general insurers.

Negotiated enforceable undertakings are just one of many remedies available to ASIC for breaches of the legislation.

As Australia's data centre market accelerates to support AI infrastructure, organisations face mounting ESG challenges spanning energy demand, water constraints, planning frameworks and social licence.

ADIs and their subsidiaries need to take four steps to get ready for the Banking Executive Accountability Regime (BEAR).

There has been a marked increase in criminal charges and a dramatic rise in infringement notices from ASIC recently.

Australia’s health and life sciences sector is growing rapidly, and with that growth comes a more complex web of legal exposure for the organisations that operate within it. The recent Bartier Perry panel event, Health and Life Sciences: Research Integrity Under the Microscope, explored how failures in data and research integrity translate into real-world risk.

Discusses key takeaways, including how organisations can put rights holders at the centre of human rights efforts.

On 6 February 2008, APRA released its reporting requirements for authorised deposit-taking institutions under the Basel II Framework.

ASIC has released a major update of its policies and Class Orders relating to mergers and acquisitions.