In late 2016, the Australian Federal Government introduced into parliament, the Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced Funding) Bill 2016 (Cth) (the CSF Bill). The CSF Bill will amend the Corporations Act, and will establish a regime for equity crowd-sourced funding for certain ‘eligible’ Australian...

Here are 10 key things that have led to ASIC requiring replacement prospectuses to be issued. This is based on personal experience in being involved in 4 recent IPOs/reverse listings on the ASX, and from a review of some replacement prospectuses that were issued last year.

Troy Mossley, a lawyer specialising in mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholder arrangements, capital raisings, private equity investments, due diligence, and general corporate and commercial advice, joined Sierra Legal's team of advisers.

Sierra Legal would like to congratulate Faster Enterprises Ltd (FE8) on being admitted to the official list of the ASX.

Following on from the recent appointment of Sierra Legal to the Medibank legal panel, we are incredibly proud to announce

We are extremely pleased to announce that Sierra Legal has been appointed to the panel of legal advisers to Medibank.

We are pleased to announced that Samantha Khoo has recently been promoted to Senior Associate.

Sierra Legal would like to congratulate Voltage IP on receiving confirmation that it will be re-admitted to official quotation on the ASX.

We are pleased to announce the promotion of Mike Jeffery as a Principal of Sierra Legal.  Mike joined Sierra Legal in 2011.  He was the first employee of the business and has been instrumental in its growth and development.

Sierra Legal has been advising Frontier Capital Group (formerly known as Precious Metal Resources) in relation to the acquisition of

Sierra Legal is celebrating its 5th anniversary this March! We would like to thank our clients, staff, family and friends for their ongoing support.  We look forward to continuing to deliver exceptional work for many more years!

For those of you out there with aspirations of raising capital in Australia, here is a timely reminder of the restrictions imposed by the Corporations Act relating to

Sierra Legal advised JAG Capital in its acquisition of the All Heads Services business, a long-standing and successful cylinder head reconditioning business located in Victoria, Australia.

Sierra Legal successfully negotiated relief from ASIC from the managed investment scheme licensing and registration requirements to allow Avia Aircraft to establish an aircraft time sharing scheme in Australia.

Sierra Legal advised Ebony Iron and its shareholders on the sale of all the issued shares in Ebony Iron to Strategic Minerals Plc, a company listed on AIM in the UK.

Sierra Legal is pleased to announce that Michael Jeffery has been promoted to the position of Senior Associate.

Jenny Lau, an adviser with extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, divestments, private equity investments and general commercial and corporate advice, joined Sierra Legal’s team of senior advisers.

Sierra Legal recently advised Ebony Iron on 2 private capital raisings to fund acquisitions and project development and expansion, and also acted for the company in its successful acquisition of Southern Minerals Group, a company with iron ore interests in New Mexico, USA

Sierra Legal has successfully advised a leading Australian packaging group on various acquisitions by the company, together with a range of supply agreements with key customers.

Sierra Legal advised CM Basin Coal on the establishment of a strategic joint venture between the company and Hudson Resources Ltd, in relation to thermal coal opportunities in the Clarence-Moreton Basin in Queensland, Australia.

Craig Sanford was appointed as a non-executive director of ComGroup Australia and Sierra Legal was appointed to provide general corporate and commercial legal services to the company.

Mike Jeffery, a highly experienced corporate and legal adviser, joined Sierra Legal earlier this year, adding significant experience and expertise to the practice.

Sierra Legal advised Fertoz on its establishment in Australia, and also advised the company on the acquisition of various fertiliser related exploration assets in the Northern Territory.

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On 1 December 2019, changes were made to the ASX Listing Rules to require the person responsible for a listed company's communication with ASX to have completed an approved listing rule compliance course and attained a satisfactory pass mark in the examination for that course. The listing rule...