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Foreign Investment| 24 Feb 2023
This publication outlines some of the more important regulatory requirements for a foreign person investing in Australia. Investments in Australia by foreign persons must be notified to the Foreign Investments Review Board (FIRB) where the proposal meets the relevant thresholds.
Corporate & Commercial| 16 Dec 2020
The across-the-board $0 monetary screening threshold for all foreign investments will be lifted on 1 January 2021, as part of the much-anticipated reforms of the Foreign Acquisition and Takeovers Act 1975 (Cth) (FATA) and Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Regulation 2015 (Cth).
Foreign Investment| 05 Jun 2020
Australia’s foreign investment review framework will undergo the most extensive reforms in more than 20 years, the Federal Government announced today. Special Counsel Conrad Smith outlines the key changes: a new national security test; amending the definition of ‘Foreign Government ...
Foreign Investment| 05 Jun 2020
In an interesting development, it is being reported that the Federal Government is set to add a new national security test to Australia’s foreign investment regime. This new test is understood to apply to investments which are deemed to ...
Foreign Investment| 27 Apr 2020
As it seeks to protect distressed Australian assets from the economic fallout of COVID-19, the Federal Government has introduced temporary changes that make it mandatory for foreign persons entering into a commercial lease of more than five years to receive ...