Hamilton Locke acts for FIIG Securities on its sale to AUSIEX
Hamilton Locke is pleased to have acted for FIIG Holdings Limited (FIIG), the owner of fixed income platform FIIG Securities, in relation to its 100% sale to Australian Investment Exchange Limited (AUSIEX), a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Research Institute, Ltd (NRI). FIIG Securities was founded in Brisbane in 1998 by Jim Stening. He was […]
Hamilton Locke advises VBX Limited on its IPO
Hamilton Locke is pleased to have advised VBX Limited (ASX: VBX) on its highly successful $10 million initial public offering and ASX listing. VBX is a near-term producer of high-quality, low-silica Australian bauxite at its flagship, Wuudagu Project, in Northern Western Australia, where it has completed a pre-feasibility study (PFS). Proceeds of the IPO will […]
Completion accounts in M&A transactions – how to create certainty in uncertain times
The Snapshot Since the end of the COVID-19 era of cheap money and lofty valuations, the Australian private M&A market has been a buyer’s market. This has caused a relative increase in the use of completion accounts and specifically, debt-free/cash-free and target working capital purchase price adjustments, in transaction documentation compared with locked box or […]
NSW Supreme Court affirms the IRC’s broad jurisdiction on merits reviews of regulatory notices
The Supreme Court of NSW has ruled in favour of SafeWork NSW after a challenge to the Industrial Relations Commission’s determination to uphold an Inspector’s decision to issue a Prohibition Notice, nearly four years later. Visscher v SafeWork NSW [2025] NSWSC 489 ‘“Incorrectly deciding something which the decision maker is authorised to decide is an […]
