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United States Leads the Way With Recent Foreign Investment Into Australia

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The Australian Treasury has released its first quarterly report ("Report") for the 2023-24 financial year covering the regulation of foreign investment in Australia....more

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BTR Series Part 9—Navigating the Need for Foreign Investment Approval

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In Part 9 of this series, we take a closer look at the foreign investment considerations for build-to-rent (BTR) projects. In particular, we consider the circumstances where a foreign developer or financier would likely need...more

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Foreign Direct Investment Update

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The new Register of Foreign Ownership of Australian Assets (the Register) is imminent, with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) having announced that it will be introduced on 1 July 2023. The Register was established in...more

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Managing your FIRB approval compliance obligations

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Recent changes to Australia’s foreign investment and acquisition regime have led to an increase in the regularity and scope of conditions imposed by the Treasurer on approvals granted to foreign entities investing in...more

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Security of critical infrastructure regulation expands: corporate considerations in Australia

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The second round of amendments to the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 (Cth) (SoCI Act) has now come into effect, with the Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure Protection) Bill 2022 (Bill)...more

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Foreign Investment in Australia: what you need to know

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What you need to know Under Australia’s foreign investment regime, certain types of investments by foreign private investors or foreign government investors need to be notified to, and reviewed and a statement of no objection...more

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Foreign investment in Australia’s energy and resources sector - February 2022

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This guide is intended to supplement our popular Foreign Investment in Australia guide and has been drafted with the intention of providing an overview of the specific considerations a foreign person who is seeking to make an...more

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Foreign Investment in Australia’s energy and resources sector - July 2021

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This guide is intended to supplement our popular Foreign Investment in Australia guide and has been drafted with the intention of providing an overview of the specific considerations a foreign person who is seeking to make an...more

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Significant Changes to Australia's Foreign Investment Framework Commenced on 1 January 2021

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The Situation: The Australian government has introduced significant changes to its foreign investment review framework. The centrepiece of the changes is an enhanced review of acquisitions of property or businesses which are...more

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Australian foreign investment approval measures in response to COVID-19 and other recent Australian foreign investment approval...

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In late March, the Treasurer of Australia announced temporary changes to Australia's foreign investment review framework in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The new measures lowered the monetary screening thresholds for...more

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COVID-19 and Australia's Foreign Investment Regime

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The Situation: The Australian Government has temporarily reduced the monetary thresholds under the Foreign Investments and Takeovers Act 1975 (Cth) ("the Act")?which had long been in place to exempt some foreign investment...more

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Doing Business in Australia

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Our comprehensive Guide to Doing Business in Australia, developed from the experience of our lawyers across our four key markets in Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney, explores the many legal and regulatory factors to...more

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Australian Taxation Office Increases Scrutiny of Australian Inbound Investments

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The Situation: The Australian Taxation Office ("ATO") has broadened its role in the process for reviewing foreign investment proposals, through closer engagement with foreign investors pursuing acquisitions, mergers and...more

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Foreign Direct Investment Regulations Update: Australia, China, EU, Germany, UK and US

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This Alert provides an update with respect to foreign direct investment ("FDI") regimes in certain key jurisdictions since the Firm's comprehensive FDI Guide, National Security Reviews 2018, was published in November 2018....more

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Jones Day Talks: Doing Deals Down Under: Australia's Foreign Direct Investment Regime

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Like many countries, Australia is taking a careful look at proposed investments by foreign entities, particularly when certain sensitive industries or a government agency are involved. Jones Day's Mark Crean, Ingrid...more

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Australian Government Further Tightens FIRB Controls, Now Over Critical Electricity Assets

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In early 2016, the Australian Government announced the introduction of new standard tax conditions and appeared to indicate that the conditions would be applied universally to all foreign investment approvals. Later that...more

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Australian Government Tries to "Level the Playing Field" for Purchases of Agricultural Land

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On 1 February 2018, the Treasurer of Australia announced that going forward, foreign persons seeking approval for the acquisition of Australian agricultural land will, in the absence of exceptional circumstances, need to...more

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