Gerry Cawson and Mark Ferraretto consider how to avoid being involved in an improper transaction. The Corporations Act regulates how public companies deal with entities related to them, including their directors and those directors’ families.  But these related party provisions extend beyond public companies.  Anyone ‘involved’ in a ‘related party transaction’ can fall foul of… Read more

On 29 September 2017 new crowd sourced equity funding legislation will come into force.  This will allow public companies to utilise crowd sourced equity funding.  Although the ink isn’t even dry, the Government has already announced that it proposes to change the legislation to open up crowd sourced equity funding to proprietary companies. While this… Read more

Just like a ship trying to navigate stormy waters, the biotechnology environment can be dangerous! Biotechs looking to commercialise their ideas need to be able to respond to a rapidly changing environment that is influenced by globalisation, increased market competition, financial pressures and the advancement of new technologies. What do you need to do to… Read more

When making deals the commercial focus is directed to the nature of the transaction and how it works mechanically. Frankly speaking, ‘peripheral’ terms such as dispute resolution clauses are an afterthought. More often than not a standard clause for dispute resolution is used without much consideration. Unfortunately, this can mean that if a dispute arises,… Read more

Various studies over the years have identified that businesses enter into joint ventures for three key reasons; to pool resources, establish new markets or as an alternative to a more formal merger or acquisition. Unfortunately, the data from these studies suggests that almost half of the joint ventures that are entered into fail to add… Read more