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Australia, New Zealand - March 19 2013
From 1 March 2013, changes have been made to the threshold for acquisitions of "significant business assets" by Australians investing in New Zealand…
New Zealand - February 14 2013
Overseas investors are currently required to obtain consent from the Overseas Investment Office (OIO) before making any investment in "significant…
New Zealand - December 19 2012
Significant company law changes moved one step closer last week when the Commerce Committee (Committee) reported back on the Companies and Limited Partnerships Amendment Bill (Bill).
Australia - December 17 2012
A recent decision of the High Court of Australia in Andrews v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (Andrews) has expanded the scope of the common law penalty doctrine to include payments stipulated for events other than breach of contract.
New Zealand - November 5 2012
If you think about how criminals might conduct money laundering, or the financing of terrorism, the first associations that come to mind are cash transactions with banks and casinos.
