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Investments in Australia – the regulatory clearance interplay

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Foreign direct investment (FDI) accounted for $36.6 billion of investments in Australia in 2021. With prominent levels of M&A activity, private equity and investment funds are increasingly in the spotlight from antitrust...more

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Foreign Investment in Australia: what you need to know

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What you need to know Under Australia’s foreign investment regime, certain types of investments by foreign private investors or foreign government investors need to be notified to, and reviewed and a statement of no objection...more

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Foreign investment in Australia’s energy and resources sector - February 2022

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This guide is intended to supplement our popular Foreign Investment in Australia guide and has been drafted with the intention of providing an overview of the specific considerations a foreign person who is seeking to make an...more

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Foreign Investment in Australia’s energy and resources sector - July 2021

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This guide is intended to supplement our popular Foreign Investment in Australia guide and has been drafted with the intention of providing an overview of the specific considerations a foreign person who is seeking to make an...more

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Significant Changes to Australia's Foreign Investment Framework Commenced on 1 January 2021

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The Situation: The Australian government has introduced significant changes to its foreign investment review framework. The centrepiece of the changes is an enhanced review of acquisitions of property or businesses which are...more

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Foreign direct investment reviews 2020: A global perspective - Australia

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Australia requires a wide variety of investments by foreign businesses to be reviewed and approved before completion - The decision to approve or deny a foreign investment application is ultimately made by the Treasurer...more

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Foreign direct investment reviews 2019: A global perspective: Australia

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Australia requires a wide variety of investments by foreign businesses to be reviewed and approved before completion. The decision to approve or deny a foreign investment application is ultimately made by the Treasurer of...more

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Australian Taxation Office Increases Scrutiny of Australian Inbound Investments

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The Situation: The Australian Taxation Office ("ATO") has broadened its role in the process for reviewing foreign investment proposals, through closer engagement with foreign investors pursuing acquisitions, mergers and...more

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Australian Government Further Tightens FIRB Controls, Now Over Critical Electricity Assets

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In early 2016, the Australian Government announced the introduction of new standard tax conditions and appeared to indicate that the conditions would be applied universally to all foreign investment approvals. Later that...more

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Australian Government Tries to "Level the Playing Field" for Purchases of Agricultural Land

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On 1 February 2018, the Treasurer of Australia announced that going forward, foreign persons seeking approval for the acquisition of Australian agricultural land will, in the absence of exceptional circumstances, need to...more

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Competition Law: Merger Clearance in Australia

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Australia has a voluntary premerger notification regime, administered by a well-resourced and proactive antitrust authority, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (the ACCC). The ACCC's Merger Guidelines...more

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