Specialty Group: Corporate and M&A

In June 2015, whilst the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) was before the Senate Estimates Committee, the ASIC Chairman, Greg Medcraft, raised the idea of making companies liable under new civil pen ...

Introduction The Communique Concerning Merger and Acquisitions Calling for the Authorization of the Competition Board (“Communique”)[1] defined the concept of affected market, and regulated the information that ...

Is a family constitution the cure? Should a family constitution be the guide that includes all of the solutions to those problems which might occur, or rather, should it propose approaches to resolve problems before they ...

Introduction Bankruptcy and Enforcement Code No. 2004 (“BEC”) [1] regulates certain obligations for merchants who are ceasing to continue their commercial activities. Pursuant to Art. 44 BEC, a merchant ce ...