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Dealmakers in limbo as merger-law tweaks continue for Australian land transactions

By James Panichi ( October 21, 2025, 07:04 GMT | Comment) -- Eleventh-hour changes to Australia’s new merger regime, which is set to replace the existing informal rules on Jan. 1, 2026, are leaving antitrust lawyers puzzled about how and when to notify transactions. In particular, the government’s recent indication that it was going to tweak the new regime to make it more user-friendly for those filing leases and other land transactions has left dealmakers uncertain about whether to notify immediately or wait until the dust has settled.Picture this: You’re an antitrust lawyer in Australia and a large company approaches you with a lease deal that it needs to get through quickly. There’s nothing flashy about the transaction and it raises no conceivable competition concerns. But the company’s a large one, with a local turnover of above A$500 million (325.1 million). What do you do?...

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