Insights & news

Insights Publication

A snapshot: 6 need-to-know developments for charities and not-for-profits

Our Public Interest team provides an update on recent legislative and regulatory changes in the Australian charities and not-for-profits sector.

14 September 2021

Insights Article

Adjusting to a post-COVID world

As featured in The Tax Institute’s Tax Vine newsletter, tax partner Clint Harding calls for tax rules and administration systems that incentivise businesses to structure their tax affairs in a way that will be beneficial to Australia in the long term.

10 September 2021

Insights Article

Take 2: The Commercial Tenancy Relief Scheme

In response to the ongoing economic difficulties faced by tenants during this pandemic, the Victorian Government has revived its Commercial Tenancy Relief Scheme which expired in March of this year (CTRS1).

2 September 2021

Insights Media mention

A “softer touch” likely for groups with high assurance rating from ATO

An article published by Accountants Daily quotes tax partner Shaun Cartoon outlining the value for taxpayers in engaging constructively with the ATO around its Justified Trust program.

31 August 2021

Insights Media mention

Test cases prove testing for ACCC

In an opinion article published in today’s AFR, competition partner Matthew Lees explores how a number of recent decisions illustrate the potential pitfalls for the ACCC in complex competition law test cases.  

30 August 2021

Insights Media mention

Super fund non-arm’s length income rules in need of urgent reform

In an article published in Thomson Reuters Weekly Tax Bulletin, Taxation partner Shaun Cartoon and lawyer Andrew Spierings took the time to explain the application of the ATO’s recently released Law Companion Ruling 2021/2.

23 August 2021

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Legal uncertainty around mandatory jabs in workplaces

Workplace advisory partner Bridget Little features in an AFR article exploring the issue of whether and how employers can influence vaccine take-up rates among employees and other stakeholders.

2 August 2021

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ATO ruling aimed at SMSFs could create a “monumental” tax issue for large funds

A much-anticipated ruling, finalised last week by the ATO, has the potential to trigger billion-dollar tax liabilities that would ultimately be borne by mum and dad members of large superannuation funds, according to tax partner Shaun Cartoon.

2 August 2021

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Rosalie Cattermole: Duty exemptions and concessions for trusts with the Tax Institute

In an interview with the Tax Institute, special counsel Rosalie Cattermole discusses her upcoming presentation to the Institute’s Trust Intensive Series and how she came to specialise in indirect taxes.

26 July 2021

Insights Article

Arnold Bloch Leibler hosts International Fiscal Association Australia tax briefing

Last week Arnold Bloch Leibler hosted an International Fiscal Association (IFA) Australia webinar featuring panellists from the Australian Treasury, Rio Tinto and the Australian Taxation Office.

21 July 2021

Insights Publication

Foreign beneficiaries and capital gains

In an article published in the Thomson Reuters Weekly Tax Bulletin, partner Clint Harding outlines the significance of the recent decision by the Full Federal Court on the taxpayers' appeals from Peter Greensill Family Co Pty Ltd (trustee) v FCT [2020] FCA 559 (Greensill) and N & M Holdings Pty Ltd v FCT [2020] FCA 1186 (Martin).

15 July 2021

Insights Article

Q&A with new special counsel Bridgid Cowling

Newly appointed public interest & native title special counsel Bridgid Cowling explains how she landed her "dream job" and the qualities needed to thrive as a public interest lawyer.

6 July 2021

News Media release

ABL advises Neuren Pharmaceuticals on $20m capital raising

Arnold Bloch Leibler has advised ASX-listed Neuren Pharmaceuticals (Neuren) on its latest capital raising.

17 September 2021

News Media release

ABL acts on $225 million shopping centre deal

Arnold Bloch Leibler has advised long-standing client, property funds manager Haben, and its joint venture partner JY Group in relation to their acquisition of Casey Central Shopping Centre for $225 million.

8 September 2021

News Media release

ABL advises Charter Hall and VFMC on new Burnley development

Arnold Bloch Leibler has advised property investment manager Charter Hall Group (Charter Hall) and joint venture institutional wholesale partner Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) in relation to the acquisition and construction financing for its new development in the Melbourne inner-city suburb of Richmond.

7 September 2021

News Media mention

Prioritise ESS reforms on path to economic recovery

Tax partner Shaun Cartoon is quoted extensively in an article on proposed changes to Australia’s employee share scheme regime.

2 September 2021

News Media mention

Genevieve Sexton to head Safe Harbour Review Panel

Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar has announced a three-person panel to review the insolvent trading safe harbour, which will be chaired by banking and finance partner Genevieve Sexton.

23 August 2021

News Media release

Arnold Bloch Leibler advises Redcape on ASX delisting

Arnold Bloch Leibler has advised leading Australian hospitality group, Redcape Hotel Group, on its delisting from the ASX.

20 August 2021

News Media release

ABL advises on sale of Ferocia to Bendigo and Adelaide Bank

Arnold Bloch Leibler has advised Melbourne-based fintech, Ferocia Pty Ltd, and its co-founders, Dominic Pym and Grant Thomas, on the sale of Ferocia to Bendigo and Adelaide Bank.

17 August 2021

News Article

National Portrait Gallery shines a light on “giant of the law” Alan Goldberg AO QC

As part of the National Portrait Gallery of Australia’s “About Face” series, Nathan Faiman has written an enlightening and touching tribute to accompany a portrait of his late grandfather, Alan Goldberg AO QC, captured by renowned Australian photographer Jacqueline Mitelman in 2014. The portrait was acquired by the gallery the following year, just 12 months before Alan passed away after a long illness.

17 August 2021

News Media release

ABL acts for Hireup on major fundraising and strategic partnership with SEEK Investments

Arnold Bloch Leibler has advised Hireup on its $40 million capital raising as part of a long-term strategic partnership with SEEK Investments.

16 August 2021

News Media release

ABL acts for Coverforce on $411.5m sale to Steadfast Group

Arnold Bloch Leibler has acted for one of Australia’s largest privately owned insurance brokers, Coverforce, in relation to its $411.5m sale to ASX-listed general insurance business, Steadfast Group.

16 August 2021

News Media mention

Amending Australian industrial laws a political “hot potato”

An article published in today’s AFR explores whether Australian courts have a bias towards employers in workplace cases.

13 August 2021

News Media mention

WA Bar president Martin Cuerden backs down from defence of Julian Burnside

Correspondence this week between senior partner Mark Leibler and the president of the WA Bar Association, Martin Cuerden, has resulted in Mr Cuerden’s unambiguous acknowledgement that a tweet by Melbourne QC Julian Burnside likening the treatment of Palestinians in Israel to the persecution of the Jews during the Holocaust was antisemitic.

12 August 2021