Ashurst has announced plans to merge with US law firm Perkins Coie, creating a powerhouse firm with 3,000 lawyers across 23 countries with ambitions to lead the way on AI.
The developer of a 17-storey social housing in Greenborough, Victoria has filed a lawsuit against Melbourne developer Alpha14 Property Group seeking declarations that it has no interest in the property.
Lendlease has announced it will sell down the assets in an unlisted retail property fund the real estate giant has fought to maintain control over in order to meet redemption requests.
Westpac has paid back $50 million plus interest and super to 47,000 current and former staff who were underpaid over an 11-year period.
The Takeovers Panel has agreed to hear Mayne Pharma’s latest dispute with Cosette over the US drug maker’s attempts to walk away from their $672 million merger agreement and extended the timeline for completing the deal.
ASIC has lodged an appeal of a ruling that tossed its conflicted remuneration case against Freedom Insurance’s former boss and another executive over a sales incentive scheme.
Mike Cannon-Brookes’ SunCable has signed a 70-year land use agreement with Traditional Owners to develop the country’s largest solar farm at Powell Creek Station in the Northern Territory.
A court has rejected a bid to expand a lawsuit over a Chinese investor’s $27.5 million contract to purchase a building at 99 Queen Street in Melbourne to join the matriarch of the “very wealthy” family.
Spanish multinational electrical giant Iberdrola has been selected to design and operate the Victoria to New South Wales Interconnector West transmission project, part of the state’s pipeline of new energy infrastructure projects.
A judge has approved a “modest” $8.7 million settlement in a class action against medical device maker Exactech over allegedly defective joint replacements, saying the settlement was fair and reasonable given the limited assets of the company, whose parent has filed for bankruptcy in the US.