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An article on the acknowledgement of the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) for dual listings purposes.

A person about to undergo open heart surgery decides, so as to save money, to perform the surgery himself while facing a mirror. Sounds reasonable? Obviously not… So why when it comes to entering into international agreements would one purportedly “save” money by not seeking relevant jurisdictional legal advice and work with an appropriately qualified […]

The Corona Virus bears many health and economic risks, but also creates a new playing ground and set of game rules that corporations and their managers have not previously faced. What negligence claims are directors likely to face and how will they protect themselves from these anticipated future claims? In light of the Corona Virus […]

For Israeli companies looking to commence or expand their overseas operations, Australia is land of opportunity and can serve as a gateway to doing business in the broader Asia-Pacific region and may even be a good spring-board to the American and the Commonwealth markets. Having decided to enter the Australian market, there are a number […]

The ASX has announced that it is planning to launch a new technology index in February, 2020, giving Australia what some industry players have called a smaller version of the NASDAQ-100 index. This new index, to be named the S&P/ASX All Technology Index (XTX) (All Tech), is intended to give greater visibility and clarity to […]

The ASX has finalised its amendments to the ASX Listing Rules after considering the responses to its November 2018 consultation paper: “Simplifying, clarifying and enhancing the integrity and efficiency of the ASX listing rules”. For small cap “start up entities”, material additions and amendments to ASX Listing Rules, which take effect from 1 December 2019, […]

Each ASX listed entity is required to include in its annual financial report a corporate governance statement stating that it complies with the Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations published by the ASX, or explains why it does not. With the 4th edition of such principals, published on February 2019, to apply as of January 2020, […]

In 2017 the Afik&Co. law firm took upon itself to promote the Israel-Australia trade relationship and join the amazing work done for decades by the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce. Afik & Co. does that in cooperation with Australian law firms and with Israeli and Australian accounting firms, including the national Australian law firm of Hall […]

The greatest fear of any listed company, especially one undergoing a period of distress, is being delisted prior to finalisation of a transaction that will ensure its re-listing. Such an outcome generally becomes the end point for the company, at least for its then current management, as I learnt in over 20 years of experience […]