About

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Johnson Winter Slattery helps domestic and international financial service providers – including responsible entities, trustees, investment managers, distributors, custodians and other service providers – stay ahead of continual regulatory changes.

They are actively engaged with the Australian Treasury's ongoing review of the managed investment scheme laws as well as other regulatory reviews.

JWS’s leading practitioners offer extensive experience advising on a wide range of financial products and funds management matters. Their experience covers both transactional and regulatory matters and includes:

    • advising on structuring products and transactions
    • advising on regulatory, compliance and licensing issues
    • drafting offer documents, such as product disclosure statements, prospectuses and information memoranda
    • drafting and negotiating constitutions, trust deeds and management agreements
    • dealing with ASIC and the ASX.

Chambers Review

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Financial Services Regulation - Australia

4
Band 4

What the Team is Known For

Johnson Winter Slattery has forged a respected practice in financial services regulation, servicing government bodies, asset managers and real estate investment platforms on advisory and contentious matters. The firm regularly handles ASIC and regulatory enforcement matters as well as licencing applications and disclosure obligations.

Work Highlights

  • JWS acted for Castleknight on its arrangements to distribute its financial products and services in Australia through Apostle Funds Management.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Austin Bell
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Austin Bell
4
Band 4

Austin Bell is noted for acting for inbound companies on their establishment in Australia, including advice on licensing, exemption applications and compliance obligations.

Austin is excellent in his field, friendly and approachable, and very much aware of how our business operates.

Austin knows investment management and financial services law back to front. He is a reliable advisor and a safe pair of hands and very responsive as well.

Ranked Lawyers at
Johnson Winter Slattery

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Financial Services Regulation

Austin Bell
4
Austin Bell
4
Band 4

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