29 January 2020
Funds, FIRB and foreign government investment: the basics
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/australia/funds-firb-and-foreign-government-investment-the-basics

Foreign investment in Australia is heavily regulated. This is particularly the case where the investor includes foreign government funding. This article looks at the circumstances in which a foreign government entity ...

04 August 2020
Regulator finds its teeth: Australian supermarket giant issued with record fine for spam breaches
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/australia/australian-supermarket-giant-issued-with-record-fine-for-spam-breaches

Australian supermarket giant, Woolworths, was recently issued a record AUD$1,003,800 infringement notice by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), for multiple, significant breaches of the Spam Act ...

19 January 2017
We welcome new Corporate and Energy & Utilities Special Counsel James Durnall in Sydney
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2017/australia/we-welcome-new-corporate-and-energy-and-utilities-special-counsel-james-durnall-in-sydney

12 February 2018
Changes to FIRB laws make it harder for foreign investors to buy agricultural land in Australia
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/australia/changes-to-firb-laws-make-it-harder-for-foreign-investors-to-buy-agricultural-land-in-australia

02 July 2020
Changes to Foreign Investment – Protecting Australia's national security
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/australia/changes-to-foreign-investment-protecting-australias-national-security

On 5 June 2020 the Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia announced major proposed amendments to Australia's foreign investment review regime. These amendments are planned to take effect from 1 January 2021.

23 April 2020
"Signing" by email and other virtual means (including NSW amendments on 22 April) in Australia
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/australia/signing-by-email-and-other-virtual-means-including-nsw-amendments-on-22-april-in-australia

As a result of governmental responses to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many companies have their employees working from home. This combined with "social distancing" creates substantial difficulties in executing ...

16 November 2016
The City & Guilds Group has purchased an Adelaide-based provider of corporate training
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2016/australia/the-city-and-guilds-group-has-purchased-an-adelaide-based-provider-of-corporate-training

18 January 2017
Bird & Bird receives unprecedented international recognition for M&A work in Thomson Reuters rankings for 2016
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2017/global/bird-and-bird-receives-unprecedented-international-recognition-for-ma-work

29 March 2018
Bird & Bird advises Canaccord Genuity Limited on Kore Potash's London IPO
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2018/global/bird-and-bird-advises-canaccord-genuity-limited-on-kore-potashs-london-ipo

27 March 2020
High Court of Australia - officer of a company
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/australia/high-court-of-australia---officer-of-a-company

The High Court of Australia has made it clear that even when a person does not hold a formal "office" within a company, that person may still have duties and responsibilities as an "officer" of the company under the ...