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A company buying its own shares sounds simple until you open the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). Section 259A prohibits a company from acquiring its own shares except through a few statutory gateways, …

We’ve written before about when Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) applies to a startup and the exceptions that keep most related party deals out of general meetings. This post covers …

We’ve already written about whether Australia’s new merger regime catches your deal — the turnover thresholds, the serial acquirer limbs, and the eye-watering penalties for completing …

Somewhere between seed and Series A, most Australian startups acquire a board chair. Sometimes it’s deliberate — an investor insists on an independent chair as a condition of the round. More …

If you’re still deciding whether venture debt belongs in your capital stack — what it is, who lends in Australia, how to size and time it — start with our venture debt explainer. This post picks …

There’s a conversation that happens in accountants’ offices all over Australia, and it goes something like this: you’re starting a business, so you should think about a discretionary …