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read moreChanges to Insolvency Laws give relief for debts but at what cost?
26 March 2020 | Corporate & Commercial | Deepesh Daya
On Sunday, 22 March 2020, the Federal Government announced that the Treasurer has been granted temporary powers to make regulatory changes …
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read more5 reasons to incorporate your company in Singapore
10 February 2020 | Corporate & Commercial | Deepesh Daya
We have recently had queries from clients asking us to assist them with incorporating their companies in Singapore.
For those who are …
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read moreSOPA Over The Holidays
27 November 2019 | Civil Contractors and Construction | Nicholas Achurch
The present you don’t want to get – Dealing with SOPA payment claims over the holidays.
Unfortunately, the Christmas break poses as …
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read moreDo you have a Whistle?
26 November 2019 | Corporate & Commercial | Maeve Doyle
Time for a whistleblower policy?
Changes to the Corporations Act means that many companies will need to have a policy which outlines …
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read moreHow the buy sell agreement works
28 June 2019 | Business Structuring | Nexus Support
You may have heard of the concept of a business succession or “buy/ sell” that deals with the exit of a business proprietor in the event of an event such as death or disablement. Here is how it works based on a case study and solution.
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read moreInstitutionalise your memory
21 May 2019 | Corporate & Commercial | Nexus Support
Bad habits and not knowing what to do put at risk the assets of individuals, families, family businesses and organisations. Here are many practical ways to protect assets against death, disability or organisational or family dissolution.
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read moreUpdate contracts and register assets to protect against insolvency events
04 December 2018 | Construction & Infrastructure | Nicholas Achurch
It’s time to review and update your insolvent trading clauses and practices! Historically common law came to the aid of an asset owner needing to protect materials, plant and equipment delivered to a buyer which had not yet paid in full. Recent changes to the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) assist such buyers in receipt of unpaid assets even though the buyers are potentially insolvent.
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read moreHow selective communication to lawyers protects business
22 November 2018 | Corporate & Commercial | Nicholas Achurch
Lawyers know, but clients need to appreciate, that not all communication of information by a client with a lawyer is blocked …
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read more“What’s really left for lawyers to do?” | Artificial Intelligence in Legal Practice Summit
14 August 2018 | Corporate & Commercial | Marcus McCarthy
Exploring how technology has impacted the legal workforce and the need to find new ways to upskill and manage the changing …
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read moreSimplifying construction contract language
12 June 2018 | Civil Contractors and Construction | Simon Forsterling
Construction law has its own language and each contract is like a dialect of that language.
If you don’t communicate using the …
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read moreThe state of the debt fund market
01 May 2018 | Banking & Finance | Deepesh Daya
I have met recently with a number of debt fund providers, niche property lenders and market participants.
These are some of my …
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read moreADVISER ALERT | Clients of diminished capacity – when Trustees are clients
05 April 2018 | Corporate & Commercial | Marcus McCarthy
What’s the Problem?
Irrespective of whether a Trustee is a company or a natural person, the Trustee never has all the powers …
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read moreWhat are commercial term sheets & heads of agreement – when are they used?
10 February 2018 | Corporate & Commercial | Allison Anthony
Have you ever got half way through negotiations for a transaction and wondered why the process is taking so much time, …
