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Mills Oakley is delighted to share the exceptional achievements of our teams and individual lawyers highlighted in the Legal 500 Asia-Pacific Guide for 2025. Congratulations to Frazer Hunt, Iain Laughland, Kathryn Edghill, Harold Downes, Grant Koch and Maurice Lynch for once again being recognised. #L500AP2025

In this article, Planning and Environment Partner Aaron Gadiel explains how the Land and Environment Court has further clarified how the standard definition of ‘gross floor area’ should be applied. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/g5eF939J

Leading national law firm Mills Oakley was delighted to advise on the sale of a majority stake in the Applejack Group to key hospitality player, Compass Group Australia. The Mills Oakley team was led by Corporate Advisory Partner Brent Delaney and Legal Advisor Olivia Bailhe, together with a team of experts from across the firm. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/grfEy-NC

The December 2024 edition of the Mills Oakley Family Law Sydney team’s newsletter edited by Lawyer Shannon Jenkin is linked below. This month's newsletter includes: - Celebrating our recognition in the 2025 Doyle’s Guide - Estate Planning and Rupert Murdoch's Loss - Valuations in Property Matters - Reminder: Firm Festive Season - Client Testimonials. Read the full newsletter here: https://lnkd.in/gvy9VHDD

Welcome to Mills Oakley's 29th Issue of Third Dimension, our free legal newsletter for charities, not-for-profits, and community groups. We hope you will find it useful and informative for keeping up to date with recent news, cases and legislative changes in the charity and not-for-profit sector. Read the full edition here: https://lnkd.in/g5_98K4A

Employers should pay close attention to a recent decision of the High Court of Australia (HCA), Elisha v Vision Australia Limited. In this article, Workplace Relations, Employment and Safety Partner Daniel White, Special Counsel Elizabeth Moran and Paralegal Claudia King outline the details of the decision. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gVHs_hGn

On Friday 13 December 2024 the NSW Government published the State Environmental Planning Policy (Planning Systems) Amendment (State Significant Development) 2024. In this article, Planning & Environment Partner Aaron Gadiel, discusses the changes to the decision-making process for certain development. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gHHx2Xb5

Mills Oakley would like to congratulate the following teams and partners for their inclusion in the 2025 Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific Guide. Congratulations to Ariel Borland, Louise Cantrill, Gavin Douglas, Harold Downes, Kathryn Edghill, Zein El Hassan, Luke Geary, Julian Grover, Graeme Gurney, Frazer Hunt, Grant Koch, Iain Laughland, Scott Laycock, Stuart Lewin, Tim L'Orange, Maurice Lynch, John Moutsopoulos, Teresa Nicoletti, Andrew Spalding, Stefan Sudweeks, Tony Symons, Jamie Wells, Anthony Whealy, Daniel White and Vera Visevic for their inclusion once again. A big congratulations to Partner Pablo Fernandez for his first-time inclusion as an Up and Coming practitioner in Real Estate.

With the Global Financial Crisis occurring nearly 20 years ago, many will recall the consequent change in banking regulation increasing the cost of lending and the flight of foreign banks to focus on their domestic markets. Since then the private credit (non-bank lending) industry has evolved and grown exponentially.   In this article, Taline Chater, Partner Restructuring and Insolvency, John Moutsopoulos and Matthew Farnsworth, Partners, Funds and Financial Services, identify the key themes that have recently emerged, globally and domestically in the private credit markets and provide their views as to the future outlook.   Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gPQJkSe8

Welcome to the latest edition of Insurance in MOtion! We hope you find this useful and informative for keeping on top of recent news, regulations and case law in the insurance sector. Read more, here: https://lnkd.in/gnNxB4Sg