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Practical updates for founders, fintech operators, investors, and cross-border teams navigating the Australian market, delivered through integrated legal, accounting, and tax perspectives.
Inbound deals and FIRB: what PE and strategic buyers should line up early
Foreign investment review is rarely the longest pole in the tent-but it can stop a timetable cold if the filing strategy, notifiable action analysis, and tax structure are treated as afterthoughts.
Beyond the term sheet: documentation and governance as the cap table grows
Australian venture and growth rounds are maturing. The difference between a smooth close and a painful one is often how thoughtfully shareholder rights, information flow, and employee equity sit together.
Limited partners and Australian nexus: clarity without becoming the transaction lead
LPs often need a crisp read on Australian-sourced exposure, withholding, and reporting-especially when a global fund's portfolio tilts toward APAC or a single asset sits downstream of an Australian opco.
Earn-outs, escrow, and tax: keeping the economics intact after signing
Earn-outs are a negotiating tool; tax and accounting treatment determine whether vendors and buyers actually receive the outcome they thought they bought.
Carve-outs in Australia: workstreams that keep PE timetables honest
Buying a division out of a larger group is never just an asset sale. Australian buyers and sponsors win when transitional services, IP, and employee transfers are scoped with the same discipline as headline price.
Secondaries touching Australian assets: coordination beats heroic last-mile drafting
When a global secondaries process includes an Australian portfolio company, the win is clean handoffs between lead fund counsel, local counsel, and administrators-not a rush of redlines in the final week.
Operational resilience and third parties: what ADI boards are asking in 2026 reviews
APRA expectations on operational risk and service providers continue to sharpen. Boards want evidence-not slide decks-that critical services can withstand disruption and that outsourcing governance is live.
When does an AFSL touch your fund or fintech roadmap?
Not every capital-raising platform or fund initiative needs an Australian Financial Services Licence-but the boundary is easy to cross accidentally if product, distribution, and fee structures evolve quickly.
CPS 230 in practice: third-party risk controls that stand up in board review
As CPS 230 expectations harden, ADI and fintech leadership teams are moving from policy statements to evidence-backed control testing across critical service providers.
Cross-border M&A readiness: sequencing FIRB, tax, and completion mechanics
Execution risk in inbound and outbound Australian deals is usually a sequencing issue, not a documentation issue, when FIRB, structuring, and completion conditions are planned in silos.
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