Publications

Welcome to the 2025 edition of KWM’s annual privacy law update.

25 November 2025

Your legal guide to the world of Asia Pacific private capital dealmaking and portfolio management, covering essential topics and trends that impact your investment strategies.

21 October 2025

Between 1 July 2024 and 30 June 2025, Australia’s class actions activity reached new heights, with 79 new filings - the highest on record - and over $1.9 billion in settlements approved, plus a further $1.5 billion awaiting approval.

17 October 2025

Australian businesses are relatively optimistic about confronting the productivity challenge, notwithstanding ongoing geopolitical uncertainty and economic headwinds.

14 October 2025

This edition of NEXT invites you to explore how businesses, lawyers and community organisations can come together to create a sustainable and equitable future.

13 October 2025

Leading market insights purposefully curated for directors, general counsel and company secretaries.

30 September 2025

Welcome to the second edition of It's Public, your go-to publication and podcast for Australian public M&A.

05 August 2025

Over the last decade, data centres have emerged as one of the most significant asset classes for investment globally. Funds initially followed the growing demand for cloud technologies, as enterprises moved away from on-premises processing. More recently, the accelerated build out of infrastructure to support the world’s appetite for AI has emerged as another key driver.

16 July 2025

Leading market insights purposefully curated for directors, general counsel and company secretaries.

30 June 2025

The Australian Finance Industry Association (AFIA) engaged KWM and Sapere to analyse the impact that AI is having, and that we expect AI to have, on the Australian finance industry.

16 May 2025

As of 1 January 2025, many large Australian businesses and financial institutions are now required to prepare annual sustainability reports containing mandatory climate-related financial disclosures.

29 April 2025

In Private is your go-to legal guide for private capital dealmaking and portfolio management. This publication is tailored for private capital professionals and dealmakers and covers essential topics and trends that impact your investment strategies.

17 April 2025

KWM’s Guide to Doing Business in Australia is your essential resource to investing and undertaking business operations in Australia.

14 April 2025

In this update, we summarise key modern slavery law developments in Australia and overseas during 2024, and what changes businesses should be prepared for in the rest of the year ahead.

10 April 2025

Leading market insights purposefully curated for directors, general counsel and company secretaries.

31 March 2025

The 2025-26 Pre-Election Budget contains a major focus on taxpayer ‘pinch points’ and recognises a world in flux - with measures addressing cost of living, housing, health, education and defence. It’s numbers and narrative neatly reflect the conflict between global economic uncertainty and domestic politics. Falling commodity prices and weaker global economic growth push the Budget into deficit for the foreseeable future and increase net debt. Conversely, the Budget’s biggest announcements are $17 billion in personal tax cuts and significant on-going spending measures.

25 March 2025

Welcome to the inaugural edition of It's Public, your go-to publication and podcast for Australian public M&A. It’s Public supersedes M&A in the City, but continues to deliver the same mix of clear, high-quality deal insight and market analysis.

25 March 2025

Insurance Pocketbook is your valuable resource to exploring the most significant developments in the insurance sector over the last 12 months.

19 March 2025

This guide covers some of the key legal issues and considerations involved in making, or responding to, an offer to acquire control of a publicly listed entity in Australia.

14 March 2025

For those considering investing in Australian real estate assets, Investing Down Under provides an overview of the initial legal, taxation and structuring issues you may need to consider.  

10 March 2025

In our latest edition of this report, we share our reflections of the latest issues and emerging trends faced by ASX200 companies during the 2024 AGM season.

25 February 2025

23 December 2024

Leading market insights purposefully curated for directors, general counsel and company secretaries.

16 December 2024

Each year, we write this publication to recap the key developments in Australian privacy law over the past year.

11 December 2024

Our final edition of M&A in the City for the year looks at the changing landscape of M&A in 2024.

12 November 2024

Welcome to NEXT, a forward-looking exploration of the issues, trends and dynamics shaping commerce, leadership, and the workplace. In this issue you will find a guide to some of the emerging issues businesses are thinking deeply about, as well as a call for collaboration between businesses, government and the third sector to respond with vision, resilience, and empathy.

04 November 2024

King & Wood Mallesons’ annual report, ‘The Review: Class Actions in Australia’ analyses judgments, events and developments across class actions between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024.

16 October 2024

Leading market insights purposefully curated for directors, general counsel and company secretaries.

30 September 2024

KWM’s Directions Report 2024 is your essential guide to what is ‘top of mind’ for Australian directors and senior business leaders.

13 August 2024

Getting lost in the changing landscape of AI regulatory requirements?

24 July 2024

Leading market insights purposefully curated for directors, general counsel and company secretaries.

27 June 2024

In this edition we take you down into the trenches to talk trends and tactics, but also take time to zoom out for a global look at the latest on M&A markets, major themes and the H2 outlook.

25 June 2024

With mandatory climate reporting imminent, the contents of this publication are poised to become business-critical to more of corporate Australia than ever before.

06 June 2024

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14 May 2024

KWM’s Guide to Doing Business in Australia is your essential companion to unlocking Asia Pacific growth and innovation opportunities.

10 May 2024

OnBoard delivers our leading market insights purposefully curated for directors, general counsel and company secretaries.

27 March 2024

Welcome to the fourth edition of the Insurance Pocketbook, as we continue our endeavour of sharing our insight and experience with our clients and industry stakeholders.

26 March 2024

Our first edition for 2024 takes you inside the biggest Australian Public M&A deal for 2024 so far, and spotlights M&A tactics that we see shaping a cautiously optimistic outlook for the remainder of 2024.

25 March 2024

In 2023 economic and social issues were front-of mind for shareholders at AGMs: the Voice, auditor accountability and executive pay in the face of cost-of-living pressures.

20 March 2024

We hope you find this edition of NEXT to be thought provoking and we look very much forward to continuing the conversation with you across the year.

19 February 2024

This newsletter is designed to support you in your roles as you lead your organisations through corporate governance matters, both now and in the future.

13 December 2023

In our last edition of M&A in the City for 2023 we reflect on the year that has been and discuss for what’s in store for 2024.

29 November 2023

The reality of the ground we need to cover to reach global decarbonisation targets is driving policies, investment and innovation. To do this effectively and within desired timeframes it’s critical that we embrace collaboration by working together, sharing knowledge and simply connecting people.

24 November 2023

Welcome to KWM’s Financial Crime and Regulation Year in Review 2023 Our report explores key themes in the financial crime and regulation landscape.

24 November 2023

KWM's newsletter for venture capital backed companies, fintech and digital assets.

12 October 2023

Our annual flagship publication The Review: Class Actions in Australia 2022/2023 considers judgments, events and developments between 1 July 2022 and 30 June 2023.

11 October 2023

In what seemed like moments before we were about to hit ‘send’ on this year’s update, the Government released its long-awaited response to the Privacy Act Review Report.

06 October 2023

OnBoard delivers our leading market insights purposefully curated for directors, general counsel and company secretaries.

26 September 2023

A series of 'byte'-sized articles answering your common IT contract law questions.

08 September 2023

This year, opportunity is in the eye of the beholder. Directors and senior business leaders are asking themselves: is time to swim hard or tread water in the hope that conditions will improve?

04 September 2023

Professional services organisations have developed a strong appetite in defining, capturing and reporting on the environmental and social impact of their operations and advice they offer clients.

17 July 2023

Asia’s focus on post-pandemic recovery and economic growth is fuelling a rise in cross-border financing. To help clients navigate the nuances of working across many Asian jurisdictions, we have developed a series of Guides to Taking Security in Asia.

05 July 2023

OnBoard delivers our leading market insights purposefully curated for directors, general counsel and company secretaries.

28 June 2023

In this edition we look at the themes in a bumper few months for commodity and resources dealmaking in particular. We’ll also dive into schemes of arrangement, talk public M&A tactics and bring you the latest global soundings with a report from the International Bar Association’s M&A conference in New York.

21 June 2023

The Indian data centre market has attracted significant interest from foreign investors. This, in part, is due to the efforts of the Indian government to significantly improve the country’s IT infrastructure under the National Digital Transformation Programme, as well as recently-passed data localisation laws and the growth of the e-commerce and FinTech solutions sectors. In this short guide, we share our insights on the key considerations for foreign investors pursuing data centre opportunities in India, such as structuring, financing (equity and debt) and regulatory considerations. As investors, developers, contractors and operators in the digital infrastructure sector globally look to improve the sustainability of their digital infrastructure assets, demand will increase for businesses engaged in creating solutions for efficient data storage and management.

10 May 2023

The Labor Government’s 2023-24 May Budget leverages off the significant surge in tax revenue from strong employment, high commodity export prices, and stable corporate profits to fund a number of election promises including social welfare, health, and cost-of-living support, producing a small short-term surplus with minimal new tax measures and a focus on spending restraint and reprioritisation.

09 May 2023

A new more rigorous and consequential age has begun for companies’ climate and sustainability considerations.

04 May 2023

KWM’s newsletter for venture capital backed companies, smart capital and crypto.

26 April 2023

King & Wood Mallesons is delighted to be bringing you this third edition of the Insurance Pocketbook.

04 April 2023

OnBoard delivers our leading market insights purposefully curated for directors, general counsel and company secretaries.

30 March 2023

Building on our depth of capability and experience in this area this guide provides an introduction to the legal issues and practical processes involved in making or responding to an offer to acquire control, by way of scheme of arrangement or takeover, of a publicly-listed entity in Australia.

13 March 2023

Companies and shareholders got ‘back in the room’ for AGMs in 2022, casting off COVID restrictions to reconnect face to face, and face into the climate challenge (among others)!

03 March 2023

For those considering investing in Australian real estate assets, Investing Down Under offers an overview of the initial legal, taxation and structuring issues to consider.

28 February 2023

Coming into 2023, macro-economic headwinds - inflation, rising interest rates, and unrest overseas – are still lingering from the previous year. Will we see a renewed surge of M&A activity, will the market remain as is, or will we return to pre-2021 deal activity (or worse)? It’s anyone’s guess.

16 February 2023

The use of public-private-partnerships or PPP’s as a model for the delivery of infrastructure has been constantly evolving, but no more so than in the past few years across all asset classes and sectors.

13 February 2023

In this edition of Bullseye, we look at the key opportunities we expect to shape Australian deal trends for financial sponsors and the key uncertainties and regulatory changes creating headwinds which financial sponsors will need to successfully navigate.

09 February 2023

OnBoard delivers our leading market insights purposefully curated for directors, general counsel and company secretaries.

19 December 2022

Business is navigating a moment of great responsibility. In response, at KWM we’ve brought the goals of doing well and doing good together under the umbrella of Responsible Business. NEXT is a publication to build on this, sharing ideas and stories that show how this approach can benefit organisations, their stakeholders and communities.

08 December 2022

The new Government has taken a ‘steady as she goes’ approach to the October 2022-23 Federal Budget emphasising its fiscal responsibility credentials and providing certainty to the community that it will constrain excessive spending to help reduce inflation.

25 October 2022

Healthcare sector deals are surging worldwide, especially in the Asia Pacific where there are unique opportunities for the full spectrum of private capital investors to deploy funds and drive value across a diverse range of mandates and value creation strategies.

21 October 2022

Healthcare sector deals are surging worldwide, especially in the Asia Pacific where there are unique opportunities for the full spectrum of private capital investors to deploy funds and drive value across a diverse range of mandates and value creation strategies.

21 October 2022

The Government’s 2022-23 Budget presents a strong focus on short term economic assistance, with relief measures aimed at cost of living and other economic pressures facing individuals and small business.

14 October 2022

In this short guide, we share our insights on the key considerations for foreign investors pursuing data centre opportunities in Vietnam.

12 October 2022

With the ever-quickening pace of technological change, it is as vital a time as ever to look at the current state of privacy law and prepare for its next evolution.

04 October 2022

KWM’s newsletter for venture capital backed companies, smart capital and crypto.

26 September 2022

Welcome to The Review – Class Actions in Australia 2021/2022, in which we consider significant judgments, events and developments between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2022.

15 September 2022

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems can create music, paintings, poetry and books. Such systems have created works based on Dutch masters’ paintings, Kayne West rap lyrics and research texts about lithium-ion batteries.

15 September 2022

Automated vehicles (AVs), being vehicles which are capable of operation without complete reliance on a human controller, are becoming increasingly prevalent.

15 September 2022

In this report, we explore opportunities for Australia and China to work together and share knowledge to achieve net zero. We shine a light on examples to inspire and inform others.

14 September 2022

Covid provoked a surge worldwide in the use of technology to deliver healthcare services and products.

18 August 2022

Hong Kong has long been an innovator when it comes to moving value at speed: from providing the launchpad for the world’s most used smart card system (Octopus) to implementing one of the earliest regulatory structures for virtual banking globally in 2000 (further enhanced in 2018 as part of a package of smart banking initiatives). Hong Kong also has a longstanding digital equivalence law – critical to digital transactions.

03 August 2022

The German Schuldscheindarlehen (SSD) is essentially an assignable loan placed with professional investors. It offers borrowers a financing option that combines elements of syndicated loans with improved transferability. SSD are a well-established financing tool that allows borrowers to tailor the terms and conditions of the loan to the specific situation. Typically, one lender is acting as arranger, and transfers portions of the loan to other lenders post-closing.

19 July 2022

This year, we explore how Australia’s senior business leaders and their organisations are identifying and pursuing opportunities for growth, and becoming more resilient in responding to new and evolving challenges in uncertain times.

13 July 2022

Genuine market insights and relevant legal developments from KWM’s leading experts in all aspects of private investment.

05 July 2022

Business is navigating a moment of great responsibility. On the issues that matter - like climate change, economic security and social equality – business is being called to lead.

15 June 2022

South & Southeast Asia is one of the fastest-growing markets for data centres in the world.

24 May 2022

KWM’s newsletter for venture capital backed companies, smart capital and crypto.

16 May 2022

As in previous years, we have sought to distil the practical lessons and takeaways to be learnt from noteworthy contract law cases that have caught our attention since our 2020 publication.

04 May 2022