Herbert Smith Freehills Podcasts

Zoe Leyland and Jason Jordan discuss whether Australia should adopt a specific statutory regime to allow targets to recover takeover expenses from bidders (a regime which is currently unique to New Zealand).

Kate Wilson and Lucy Morton, lawyers in the Real Estate and Planning teams at HSF, provide a summary of the importance of marking documents with the words 'subject to contract' when entering a real estate transaction or joint venture arrangement, as discussed in the recent Court of Appeal case of Generator Developments v Lidl UK [2018] EWCA Civ 396

Rodd Levy and Kam Jamshidi discuss legal and commercial issues concerning pre-bid shareholder commitments, ASIC’s policy and some recent examples in the market.

Rodd Levy and Toby Eggleston, Director at Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills, talk through how the CGT non-resident withholding rules can apply to takeovers and schemes and the steps a buyer should take to ensure it can comply with these rules.

Partners Simon Haddy and Tim McEwen discuss the Takeovers Panel’s proposed reforms to two of its policies – namely truth-in-takeovers as it applies to follow-on bids after “best and final” statements, and clarification of the situations where rights issues will breach the takeover laws

Partners Andrew Rich and Paul Apathy discuss the recent resurgence in creditors’ schemes of arrangement in Australia. They also discuss the recent ground breaking Bis Industries creditors’ scheme and likely future developments and trends in the space.

Senior associates Kam Jamshidi and Sam Kings discuss hostile takeover bids, defending against unsolicited bids and tactics to maximise shareholder value.

Subject matter expert Rodd Levy along with Courtney Dixon (senior associate) discuss some of the key legal issues that arose in Tabcorp Holdings’ combination with Tatts Group in 2017