Authored by: Charles Sweeney and Carly Ashwood
Builder’s side deeds offer a lender assurances in a variety of contexts, including where there is a default or insolvency on the part of a borrower that would give rise ...
Builder’s side deeds offer a lender assurances in a variety of contexts, including where there is a default or insolvency on the part of a borrower that would give rise to a termination right under a construction contract between the borrower and a builder.
On 10 June 2025, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission unveiled reforms aimed at revitalising the ASX listing pipeline, marking a substantive structural development to IPO regulation in Australia.
Cooper Grace Ward has welcomed Phil Vickery as a new partner in the firm’s corporate advisory practice.
Join us for a coffee chat with corporate advisory special counsel Carly Ashwood and private client partner Scott Hay-Bartlem. In this candid conversation, we delve into Carly’s background, explore her life outside work, and discuss what gets her excited about her work.
A recent decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court considered whether legal professional privilege was maintained in legally privileged documents that were voluntarily disclosed to ASIC as part of a regulatory investigation.
The corporate advisory team at Cooper Grace Ward has once again been listed in Doyles Guide as one of the top corporate law practices in Queensland, achieving a ‘leading’ ranking for 2025.
On 4 February 2025, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission announced that it had conducted a review of more than two thousand Australian retail websites and that it had found numerous potential contraventions of the Australian Consumer Law.
Legislation designed to overhaul Australia’s merger clearance laws has now been passed by Federal Parliament and will significantly impact the mergers and acquisitions landscape.
In this edition of It depends, special counsel Carly Ashwood continues our Not-for-profit and charities legal 101 series with an overview of family foundations.
The ACCC has released its draft Sustainability collaborations and Australians competition law guide as a competition law compliance tool for businesses engaging in sustainability collaborations.
Join us for a coffee chat with corporate advisory partner Andrew Corkhill and private clients partner Scott Hay-Bartlem. Their candid conversation delves into Andrew’s background, explores his life outside work, and discusses what gets him excited about his work.
Cooper Grace Ward’s corporate advisory team, managing partner Charles Sweeney and partner Andrew Corkhill have been named in the 2024 Doyles Guide rankings of leading corporate lawyers and law firms.