David Landy
Clayton Utz
Director
Sydney
Overview
David Landy is a partner in our Corporate Advisory / M&A group with over 20 years' experience.
His broad range of corporate law experience includes corporate and financial market regulation (including Corporations Act; ASX Listing Rules and ASX Settlement Rules); mergers and acquisitions (including asset sales, asset acquisitions, share sales and share acquisitions); capital management (share buy-backs and capital reductions); Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) listings; capital raisings (prospectuses and due diligence); employee incentive plans (share plans, option plans and performance rights plans); Financial Services Reform; corporate governance (including directors duties) and general corporate and commercial advice.
Notable Work
- Transport for NSW: advised on its A$19.8 million acquisition of Metro Transport Sydney Pty Ltd (2012).
- London Stock Exchange: advised on its up to 463 million Euro acquisition of 60% interest in LCH.Clearnet (2012).
- Genuine Parts Company: advised on its US$150 million 30% investment in the Exego Group (2011).
- Pacific Equity Partners: advised on its investment in SCA Hygiene Australasia's operations (2011/12).
- Origin Energy Limited: advised on its 500 million Euro (A$686 million) hybrid securities issue (2011).
- Whitcoulls: advised the administrators on the sale of the Whitcoulls travel book business (2011).
- Valemus: advised on its A$1.3 billion dual track initial public offering / ASX listing and trade sale (2010/11).
- Noble Group: advised on its A$437.5 million sale of its Middlemount coal joint venture interest to Gloucester Coal (2010).
- Kathmandu: advised on its A$340 million initial public offering and listing on ASX and NZX (2009).
- Australian Discount Retail: advised the receivers and managers for a syndicate of banks on the sale of the Australian Discount Retail business (2009).
- ASX listed companies: acting for ASX listed companies in relation to Listing Rules compliance, including corporate governance (such as Board charters), continuous disclosure, shareholder approvals and company constitution modifications.
Insights
Foreign investment into Australia in July-September 2023: trends and implications
3 Apr 2024 | Article
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Southeast Asian Economic Strategy to 2040 – opportunities for Australian businesses
5 Oct 2023 | Article
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Foreign investment into Australia in January-March 2023; trends and implications
4 Aug 2023 | Article
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United Kingdom investors subject to higher foreign investment monetary threshold from 31 May 2023 for certain investments
13 Jun 2023 | Article
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Foreign investment trends in the October 2022 quarter, and their implications
22 Mar 2023 | Article
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New Register of Foreign Ownership of Australian Assets to commence from 1 July 2023
22 Mar 2023 | Article
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ASIC changes to the new employee share scheme regime for listed entities
7 Feb 2023 | Article
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ASIC changes to the new employee share scheme regime for unlisted entities
7 Feb 2023 | Article
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Foreign investment trends in the July 2022 quarter, and their implications
16 Dec 2022 | Article
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Australia’s Free Trade Agreements: The 2022 round-up, and the opportunities in 2023
12 Dec 2022 | Article
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Directors granted leeway to apply for Director ID by 14 December 2022
2 Dec 2022 | Article
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Don’t give an executive equity incentive without an employment hurdle (unless you really really want to)
18 Aug 2022 | Article
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FIRB application fees will double from 29 July: what you need to know
25 Jul 2022 | Article
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Equity incentives for employees: new Corporation Act rules for listed entities
14 Apr 2022 | Article
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The Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement: A possible step towards a full Free Trade Agreement
14 Apr 2022 | Article
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Unlisted entities and equity incentives for employees – rule changes from 1 October 2022
14 Apr 2022 | Article
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Permanent reforms to permit the use of technology to hold shareholder meetings
3 Mar 2022 | Article
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Long-awaited certainty as Parliament permits virtual general meetings
16 Aug 2021 | Article
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Significant reforms to the Australian continuous disclosure regime are now law: A guide for listed entities and their officers
16 Aug 2021 | Article
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New exposure draft bill to permit virtual meetings and electronic execution of documents
8 Jul 2021 | Article
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ASIC's no-action position provides temporary flexibility to hold virtual meetings
1 Apr 2021 | Article
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Temporary COVID-19 relief for virtual shareholder meetings and continuous disclosure has now lapsed
23 Mar 2021 | Article
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Significant Australian foreign investment reforms commencing 1 January 2021
11 Dec 2020 | Article
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