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M&A in the City: Lessons from Basslink - the coalface of credit bids for infrastructure assets

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Australia, Banking, Corporate Finance/M&A, Insolvency & Restructuring, King & Wood Mallesons, Foreign direct investment, Foreign Investment Review Board
A spot-fire mentality to Australia’s insolvency laws is still not the answer

On the 2 August 2021 Treasury released a consultation paper titled ‘Helping Companies Restructure by Improving Schemes of Arrangement. The consultation is aimed at reforming Australia’s scheme of arrangement procedure.

Australia, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, King & Wood Mallesons, Coronavirus
Court Places Assets in the Freezer

The Supreme Court of Western Australia has recently made a freezing order in the matter of Trans Global Projects Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) (TGP) v Duro Felguera Australia Pty Ltd (Duro) [2018] WASC 136.

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Australia, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, K&L Gates LLP, Arbitration award, Asset freezing
Victorian Court of Appeal in Façade Treatment Case was "Plainly Wrong"

What you need to know in light of Seymour Whyte Constructions Pty Ltd v Ostwald Bros Pty Ltd (in liq)

The NSW Supreme Court recently handed down its decision in the matter of Seymour Whyte Constructions Pty Ltd v Ostwald Bros Pty Ltd (in liq); Ostwald Bros Pty Ltd (in liq) v Seymour Whyte Constructions Pty Ltd [2018] NSWSC 412, in which K&L Gates represented Seymour Whyte. The decision sheds light on numerous issues, including:

Australia, New South Wales, Construction, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, K&L Gates LLP, New South Wales Supreme Court