Kain Lawyers has advised boutique property fund manager Inheritance Capital Asset Management on its acquisition of a half-stake in Adelaide’s Westpac House from Abacus for $88.5 million and associated fund raising. Westpac House, one of only two premium buildings in the Adelaide CBD, comprises a 31-level office tower with 29,600 square metres of net lettable area. Director, Michael Garry, who led the Kain Lawyers team… Read more

The iconic Adelaide Oval was the scene for our inaugural Kain Lawyers Food and Agribusiness Breakfast yesterday morning. A packed Magarey Room listened to our Keynote Speaker Darren Thomas (Thomas Foods International), along with expert panellists Ryan Ramsey (Hindmarsh Partners), Chantale Millard (Maggie Beer Products Pty Ltd) and Kim Morison (Blue Sky) offer great insights into… Read more

At an event held at The Lion Hotel last night Kain Lawyers were announced as finalists in the Moore Stephens South Australia Service Provider Award category. A number of the Kain Lawyers Food and Agribusiness team were at the event for the announcement, including the head of the team, Rebecca Halkett, who saw the nod as a… Read more

With the recent S. Kidman & Co. experience suggesting not all money is equal when it comes to food and agribusiness investment – and continued uncertainty surrounding foreign investment in this sector – leading legal practice Kain Lawyers will host a business breakfast to explore sources, trends and barriers to investment capital for local food… Read more

The Weekend Australian’s Verity Edwards sat down with John Kain and the most recent Kain Lawyers Uganda contigent of Gerry Cawson, Liz Byron-Scott and Jodie Slaughter to talk about the opportunities that Kain Lawyers creates for the community and its own team through philanthropic work. Article: Growing through giving Published by: The Weekend Australian Weekend Professional Published… Read more

Director Rebecca Halkett has been included in the most recent edition of Doyle’s Guide to the Australian Legal Profession in the Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution category.  The business itself also made the cut as one of the Leading Commercial Litigation and Disputes Resolution firms .   The listing is compiled based upon research conducted with general counsel, legal… Read more

The Law Society of South Australia held their annual gala awards dinner last Friday night. We are proud to announce that our own Rebecca Halkett was awarded the  best article in the Law Society’s flagship publication The Bulletin for her article Busting the Myths on Halal Certification. In her article Rebecca debunks some myths around… Read more

  Kain Lawyers legal expertise enhances the business growth programs at UniSA’s Centre for Business Growth, supports more company growth and stimulates job creation Leading law firm, Kain Lawyers, has signed up to become a Sponsor of University of South Australia’s (UniSA) Centre for Business Growth (CBG), to provide executives in the Centre’s programs with… Read more

Kain Lawyers has advised the owner of Jackson Care Technologies (‘JCT’), the Adelaide based company that manufactures and supplies quality communication solutions to the healthcare sector, on its successful sale of the JCT to ASX listed Xped Limited (ASX:XPE). The transaction represents a first for Xped, enabling it to integrate its proprietary ADRC technology into… Read more

At Kain Lawyers, we love working on complex transactions, disputes and advice. What we love even more is taking something complex and making it easy to understand. So when we sat down with the new listings team at the ASX recently, and heard that they would like to put a simple guide to IPOs on… Read more