Key areas of law relevant to acquisition finance

Acquisition finance transactions may typically include many areas of law such as:

• • contract law;
• • security, property and intellectual property law;
• • regulatory issues;
• • corporate law — particularly the operations of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) in Australia;
• • tax law;
• • insolvency law;
• • legal issues on cross-border transactions;
• • trust law; and
• • competition law.

The key areas may differ depending on the nature of each transaction. This guidance note describes how each of the above areas of law may become relevant in an acquisition finance transaction.

See Key areas of law relevant to acquisition finance.