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Pointon Partners advises GTA Consultants on sale to New York Listed Stantec Inc. to round out active 12 months for M&A team

Corporate

April 14, 2021

Pointon Partners advises GTA Consultants on sale to New York Listed Stantec Inc. to round out active 12 months for M&A team

Pointon Partners are pleased to have acted on the sale of Greg Tucker & Associates Pty Ltd ( GTA ) to New York Stock Exchange listed Stantec Inc. Melbourne based GTA operates a traffic…

Tony Pointon, Michael Bishop, Ben Drysdale

Reminder of Relevant Principles in Applications for Extension of Time to Convene Creditors’ Meetings

Corporate

January 31, 2019

Reminder of Relevant Principles in Applications for Extension of Time to Convene Creditors’ Meetings

Administrators often find themselves in a position where they need or desire further time to convene a second creditors’ meeting. The recent Federal Court case of Farnsworth v About Life Pty Limited…

Carl Millington, Ben Drysdale

Avoid suspension until re-compliance by announcing backdoor listing transaction

Corporate

August 23, 2017

Avoid suspension until re-compliance by announcing backdoor listing transaction

In May 2016, the Australian Stock Exchange ( ASX ) changed its policy on backdoor listings so that an entity’s securities will be suspended immediately from the announcement of a backdoor listing…

Michael Bishop, Jessica Tomlinson

Crowd-Sourced Funding To Be Extended To Include Proprietary Companies

Corporate

June 9, 2017

Crowd-Sourced Funding To Be Extended To Include Proprietary Companies

The Federal Government pursuant to its 2017 Budget intends to extend the legislative framework for crowd-sourced funding ( CSF ) by introducing a new Crowd-Sourced Equity Framework regime for…

Michael Bishop, Jessica Tomlinson

Corporate

March 20, 2017

ASX Admission Changes

In November 2016, the ASX released the Response to Consultation paper ( Response Paper ) updating their admission requirements for entities seeking to list on the ASX ( Admission Requirements ). This…

Michael Bishop