In the largest deal of 2024, Australian law firm Clayton Utz has advised AirTrunk Founder & CEO Robin Khuda on the company's acquisition by Blackstone and CPP Investments. AirTrunk is a pioneering ...

Clayton Utz has advised leading Japanese listed integrated trading and business investment company, Sumitomo Corporation, on its first investment into Australian real estate. Sumitomo has entered a ...

The Victorian Government has indicated support for major amendments to the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2002 (Vic) ( SOP Act) which will contribute to increased national ...

ASIC will hold AFSL and ACL holders to account for failing to adequately protect customers from scams and to assist them once the scam has occurred.

Many of the outcomes from COP29 were not radical, but were steps forward nonetheless. In some ways, this COP can be described as a transitional one. The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties ...

NSW has now legislated for nature positive, although the legislative changes are yet to commence. The next step will be a draft nature positive strategy from the NSW Government, which will shape the ...

Public authorities seeking to acquire land will need to look closely at their sources of power of acquisition when assessing compensation. The recent New South Wales Court of Appeal judgment of ...

When adopting a new trade mark, brands should conduct clearance searches and consider whether a reputable brand in an unrelated area is likely to expand into their industry by virtue of brand ...

The Cyber Security Act reflects the Commonwealth Government’s commitment to strengthen Australia’s cyber security foundations, scale cyber security maturity across the economy and introduce broader ...

Claimants on an undertaking as to damages bear the burden of proving the loss, including causation, on the balance of probabilities. On 11 December 2024, the High Court handed down its judgment in ...