The BLS Report Episode Twenty-Two: Australia’s Merger Reform - Meet the New Merger Sledgehammer - Part 1

The BLS Report Episode Twenty-five: Regulation and innovation

The relationship between regulation and innovation has always been complicated. Regulation that assumes one way of doing things can stifle innovation; conversely regulation struggles to keep up with rapid technological change. In this episode, Executive members Pamela Hanrahan and John Keeves unpack that relationship with the 2026 Trinity College visiting Gourlay Professor in business ethics, Professor Gerry George from the International Medical University in Malaysia and the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative at Georgetown University in the USA.

The BLS Report - Episode Twenty-four: Update on the new Merger Control Regime

In this episode, BLS Executive members Pamela Hanrahan and John Keeves go through the last-minute revisions to Australia’s new merger control regime with competition law expert Caroline Coops from Mallesons, including when deals involving shares or assets need to be notified to the ACCC.

The BLS Report - Episode Twenty-three: Fixing the process of business law reform – is CAMAC 2.0 the answer?

Everyone knows that structural reform of Australia’s corporate regulation is needed, but where do we start? In this episode, BLS Chair Pamela Hanrahan and BLS Executive member John Keeves are in conversation with Professor Jason Harris from Sydney Law School and Natasha McHattan from nlmlegal about the recent work of the Productivity Commission on regulatory reform and the CLRA campaign by industry bodies, professional associations and academics for a standing expert body to get modernisation moving.

The BLS Report Episode Twenty-Two: Australia’s Merger Reform - Meet the New Merger Sledgehammer - Part 2

In this two-part episode of The BLS Report, regular co-host John Keeves and special co-host Peta Stevenson, Chair of the BLS Competition & Consumer Committee are joined by guests Caroline Coops from King & Wood Mallesons and Simon Muys from Gilbert + Tobin, to explore Australia’s new merger regime and what it means for businesses and practitioners. Part 2 Part 2 focuses on the practical implications, covering pre-notification strategies, ACCC review processes and timeframes, Tribunal review, remedies, FIRB interaction, due diligence considerations and more.

The BLS Report Episode Twenty-Two: Australia’s Merger Reform - Meet the New Merger Sledgehammer - Part 1

In this two-part episode of The BLS Report, regular co-host John Keeves and special co-host Peta Stevenson, Chair of the BLS Competition & Consumer Committee are joined by guests Caroline Coops from King & Wood Mallesons and Simon Muys from Gilbert + Tobin, to explore Australia’s new merger regime and what it means for businesses and practitioners. Part 1 Part 1 examines the foundations of the regime, including key definitions, notification thresholds, targeted industries, filing fees and the requirements of the new notification forms.