Our Services

For more information about our Australian, Pacific and South East Asian expertise, select one of our services below.

Other Services

Regulatory + Commercial Strategy

We provide expert advice on how to develop your regulatory and commercial strategy to maximise your commercial relationships and increase your profile with decision-makers.

We offer you creative solutions that combine our deep geographic experience, intimate sector knowledge and clear insights into how to create value in your business. We build tailored solutions which includes legal issues, the underlying commercial strategies and the impact of public law issues including law and policy reform, decisions by Government or statutory bodies and inquiries and reviews, can affect your business.

We advise our clients on the best-practice corporate governance regimes which identify, resist and combat corruption, bribery and money-laundering, to reduce the potential exposure to the damaging commercial and reputational effects of international bribery and corruption. We also ensure our financial sector clients are compliant with FATCA.

 

Recent Transactions

+ Australia

  • We advised a pharmaceutical manufacturing company on its licence renewal, and regulatory audit requirements for its joint therapeutic (TGA) and veterinary medicines (APVMA) licensing.
  • Advised a South Australian based pharmaceutical IP development company on its contractual arrangements with contract manufacturers and client companies. This included advising on IP trailer income and IP buy-outs.
  • Advised a NSW based financial services company on reviewing and updating its records management policy to ensure the company could move to a paperless office environment while complying with its legal record keeping obligations

+ The Pacific and South East Asia

  • We acted for two (2) regional banks on their Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (US) (FATCA) obligations relating to its Pacific wide operations + Worked with our affiliates.
  • Acted as counsel for a major regional bank which was lead arranger for a $250M USD sovereign global bond issued in London, HK and Singapore + Worked with a global law firm.
  • Advised an Australian financial institution on a Pacific nation’s country-specific treatment of enforcement of creditors’ remedies including analysis of the creditor-friendliness of that jurisdiction and the enforceability of securities in the event of default + Worked with our affiliates.
  • Advised an Asia Pacific based regional corporation on its incorporated joint venture (JV) for the purpose of performing adult stem cell clinical trials and treatments using adult stem cell products including regulatory advice on using these products as part of the clinical trials.