US property firm Greystar is acquiring a portfolio of student accommodations worth $1.6 billion, one of the largest deals of its kind in the Australian market.
Allens has brokered a deal between Australian renewable company ZEN Energy and Taiwanese company HDRE to create a battery system that will increase national solar storage by 33 per cent.
Class action settlements leaped in value last year, with three settlements topping the $200 million mark.
Two Super Retail Group executives’ claims that they were unfairly sacked for making whistleblower complaints will go to trial after they lost their bid to enforce an alleged settlement.
The owners of the Werribee shopping centre in Victoria have lost their bid for preliminary discovery related to the likely recovery in their $356 million claim against builder Probuild.
CIMIC has agreed to pay $45.25 million to settle a shareholder class action alleging it failed to properly inform the market about its investment in a Middle East company.
The trustee for Active Super has argued against a $13.5 million penalty proposed by ASIC for greenwashing, saying the tax burden would impact on its members.
Gold miner Evolution Mining faces a class action over alleged disclosure failures in relation to its Canadian operations.
Senior counsel for two former Super Retail executives has withdrawn on the final day of a hearing in the case, saying it was against his conscience to continue acting.
Super Retail has rejected as “fanciful” a claim by two former executives that they reached a binding oral settlement with their employer after their dismissal in May.