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All businesses must adapt to changes in the environment and a regular review is imperative to keep your business healthy.

Drafting and interpreting pre-emptive rights arrangements and when those rights may or may not be triggered.

As a new financial year approaches, take time to review key aspects of your business to ensure a successful year ahead.

As a new financial year approaches, take time to review key aspects of your business to ensure a successful year ahead.

The statistics for takeover bids for 2025 show a very high success rate. We calculate that 82% of completed bids led to a change of control.

When you change a business name, you must register the new name through ASIC Connect or the Business Registration Service.

The novel COVID-19 pandemic has impacted many areas of the current landscape, including the socio-economic landscape and macroeconomic environment.

There are massive conceptual differences between UK and Australian takeover regulation.

The new Director Identification Number regime commenced on Monday 1 November 2021. If you are a company director, you are now required to have your own unique Director Identification Number...

The retail press has in recent times been full of articles about UK-based businesses expanding overseas.

If a company fails to comply with Court orders, its directors and officers may be found personally liable for contempt.

Draft Bill and the consultation relates to proposed amendments to the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Corporations Act).

A dispute between a target and bidder can cause a scheme of arrangement to fail simply by running down the clock to its 'end date', as the recent Mayne Pharma/Cosette transaction illustrates. This article examines that risk and how automatic end date extensions, adopted in several recent deals, can prevent disputes from derailing transactions.

These two cases explain the powers of directors and shareholders to convene meetings and to put forward resolutions.

Where a company that owes you money is subject to a winding up application brought by an unrelated third party, you should always seek to join the proceedings as a supporting creditor.

The financial impact of a poorly negotiated working capital adjustment can drastically impact your sale proceeds.

On 1 January 2019, the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) ('Modern Slavery Act') commenced, heralding a new statutory modern slavery reporting requirement for larger companies operating in Australia.