22 August 2011: The chairs and boards of big businesses have been put on notice that they could face serious consequences if they fail to fully understand their company’s tax liabilities with the introduction of the ATO’s new Reportable Tax Position Schedule.
Following the controversial Centro Federal Court ruling earlier this year it is now clear board …
19 July 2011: A major milestone has been reached in the significant Wyndham Harbour Marina development with construction starting on the $440 million project.
The development, on the western side of Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay, includes a 750-berth deepwater marina, retail units, residential apartments, townhouses and land lots.
11 July 2011. Ron Smooker has joined Maddocks law firm as a Partner in the firm's commercial group.
Before joining Maddocks, Ron worked at Clayton Utz for 14 years.
Ron has been involved in many of Australia's largest and most complex merger and acquisition transactions including acting for Toll Holdings Limited in the A$8-billion demerger …
7 July 2011. The 2011 Maddocks Art Prizes, which allow two emerging Australian artists to visit the Venice Biennale, were presented by Doug Hall AM, Australian Commissioner for the Venice Biennale, to Trevelyan Clay in Melbourne and by Elizabeth Ann Macgregor OBE, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, to Justene Williams in Sydney. The prizes were for artist …
4 July 2011. Recently appointed Maddocks Senior Associate, Sonia Sharma, has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Young Achiever category at the 2011 Communications Alliance and CommsDay Awards (ACOMM Awards).
1 July 2011. Maddocks law firm has appointed ten new partners – an impressive growth of 20 per cent.
Of the new partner appointments, three have joined from first tier firms and seven are internal promotions. Six of the new partners appointed are women.
23 June 2011. The Minister of Planning has announced the appointment of an Advisory Committee of six persons including Terry Montebello, partner at east coast law firm Maddocks, to undertake a review into the improvement of the planning system in Victoria.
30 May 2011. Senior mergers and acquisitions lawyer, Catherine Debreceny, has joined the east coast law firm, Maddocks, as a senior associate in its commercial group after three years with Mallesons.
Ms Debreceny also spent more than seven years working in New York with leading top tier and specialist private equity and financing firms, Kirkland & Ellis …
27 May 2011. With more and more content creators looking to capitalise on the post-NBN environment, Sonia Sharma, intellectual property and technology specialist, has warned that without taking the necessary commercial and business precautions some will end up like the “other Facebook guy”.
Ms Sharma, from east coast law firm, Maddocks, says that …
