Hamilton Locke Recognised in the 2025 Edition of Best Lawyers in Australia
Hamilton Locke has once again been recognised in the 17th edition of The Best Lawyers in Australia Report, Best Lawyers: Lawyer of the Year Awards and Best Lawyers: One to Watch list. Additionally, in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in Australia, our partners have been recognised across 17 practice areas. Name Practice Recognised […]
Taste of Australia – March 2024
Hamilton Locke’s ‘Taste of Australia’ provides foreign investors and their advisers with a high-level overview of the issues that have been front of mind for dealmakers in Australia during the last quarter. The information is deliberately introductory – no more than a taste. Our experts would be delighted to expand on any aspect that may […]
ASX Compliance Update
Changes to ASX Listing Applications In a bid to enhance efficiency and clarity in the listing application process, the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has introduced several changes to its admission procedures, effective February 5, 2024. These changes set out in Compliance Update (no. 01/24) aim to simplify documentation requirements and improve compliance with spread and escrow […]
Hamilton Locke Acts for Alceon Private Equity on a multi-currency acquisition facility for the Acquisition of a 50% Interest in BOSS Engineering
Hamilton Locke has acted for Alceon Private Equity (Alceon) to secure a multi-currency facility to fund its acquisition of a 50% interest in BOSS Engineering, an automated agricultural equipment business. It was a pleasure to advise Alceon on the financing aspects of this transaction as its legal counsel, together with Skye Capital Advisory who acted […]
M&A Report: 2023 Year in Review and Future Outlook
In Mergermarket’s 2023 Global & Regional M&A Rankings, Hamilton Locke ranked 6th in Australia for the highest volume of M&A deals, with 69 deals valued at USD738 million. This is the firm’s highest Mergermarket ranking and a significant jump from 13th place in 2022. As part of our ongoing commitment to driving excellence in the […]
Hamilton Locke strengthens regulatory services offering with two new partners in Melbourne and Sydney
Hamilton Locke has recruited regulatory and disputes specialists Alistair Newton and Tim Grave to our partnership as we look to expand our capabilities nationally in response to growing client demand for these services. A competition and consumer law specialist, Alistair has over 15 years’ transactional, advisory and litigation experience in Australia and the UK, with […]
New WHS Code of Practice for Sexual and Gender-based Harassment: Six Proactive Steps to meet your Obligations
In January 2024, Safe Work Australia released an approved model WHS Code of Practice for Sexual and Gender-based Harassment (Code of Practice). The Code of Practice is another development in a series of changes which are ensuring that sexual and gender-based harassment is dealt with as rigorously as ‘traditional’ safety issues. Background In 2022, Safe […]
Alistair Newton
As a competition and consumer specialist, Alistair has a deep understanding of the market contexts in which his clients operate. He is driven by the challenge of navigating complex legal and economic problems to achieve the best commercial and regulatory outcomes. Alistair prides himself on his reliability, diligence and acumen. Alistair has over 15 years’ […]
Hamilton Locke Advises Longreach Credit Investors on its A$50m Investment in Mantle Group Hospitality
Hamilton Locke is pleased to have acted for Longreach Credit Investors (Longreach) on its recent A$50 million senior debt facility into Mantle Group Hospitality (Mantle) – a diverse and dynamic hospitality business with invaluable experience as owner-operators of leading venues in Queensland and New South Wales since 1979. Venues in the Mantle portfolio include The […]
Hamilton Locke assists with Successful Restructure of Wayward Brewing
Hamilton Locke is delighted to have assisted Peter Philip, the founder and director of Wayward Brewing Company Pty Ltd (Subject to Deed of Company Arrangement) and Local Drinks Collective Pty Ltd (Subject to Deed of Company Arrangement) (Companies) on the successful restructure of the much-loved local craft brewery in Camperdown NSW. On 2 January 2024, […]
Unfair Contract Terms Regime: What are the New Penalties for Australian Businesses?
Late 2023 saw the significant expansion of Australia’s ‘unfair contract terms’ (UCT) regime, as the changes to the competition provisions of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) commenced. These changes are particularly relevant to businesses in industries where it is common practice to provide products or services on standard terms, such as suppliers of […]
Taste of Australia– November 2023
Taste of Australia is specifically designed for foreign investors and their advisers, and provides a high-level look at the current issues facing deal makers in Australia. In this edition, we discuss: M&A and Capital Markets Update ASIC focuses on ‘greenwashing’ Merger control update Foreign investment Real Estate Construction Cyber Security and Privacy Artificial Intelligence Battery […]
