Regulation

Administrative law:

  • Advice on the exercise of power by government and governmental authorities
  • Challenges to price determinations and other regulatory decisions

Anti-money laundering:

  • Advice on designated services and exemptions
  • AML/CTF programs
  • Customer due diligence
  • Reporting to AUSTRAC
  • Compliance

Competition law:

  • Cartel behaviour and restrictive trade practices
  • Compliance

Energy:

  • National reforms in the energy industry
  • National Electricity Law, National Energy Retail Law and State legislation and regulation in the electricity and gas industries
  • Mandatory Renewable Energy Target scheme
  • State energy efficiency schemes
  • Feed-in tariff schemes
  • National greenhouse and energy reporting
  • Compliance

Financial services law:

  • Advice on financial services licensing and exemptions
  • Applications for Australian financial services licences
  • Appointing authorised and corporate representatives
  • Appointing responsible managers
  • Documentation for intermediary authorisation and financial services agency arrangements
  • Advice on financial and other conditions included in AFSLs
  • Acting for licensees in breach of AFSL conditions including dealing with ASIC
  • Compliance

Privacy:

  • Privacy policies
  • Advice on credit reporting
  • Compliance

Retail:

  • Advice on energy licensing and exemptions
  • Applications for retail licences
  • Consumer protection and fair trading issues under the Australian Consumer Law
  • Consumer finance
  • Advice on national credit licensing and exemptions
  • Enforcement action by energy industry regulators
  • Compliance