Taxation

Our Tax Team has a long history of advising and acting for leading domestic & international groups, banks, financial intermediaries and managed investment trusts, as well as trading companies and energy, mining, oil & gas explorers & producers, in all areas of revenue law.

We advise on the direct and indirect tax consequences of:

• negotiated & contested mergers & acquisitions, schemes of arrangement and capital management transactions
• executive & employee share & option schemes
• structuring and restructuring Australian operations of international company groups and international operations of Australian companies
• property and infrastructure transactions
• financial products and funding structures
• formation and dissolution of private equity funds
• venture capital structures

We also regularly advise and act in relation to (among other things):

• income tax, taxation of capital gains, GST & payroll tax audits & disputes and obtaining rulings from the ATO and other revenue authorities
• employment tax-related issues
• land tax and stamp duty (all States and Territories)
• tax sharing and tax funding agreements
• international tax issues for inbound and outbound investment and multinational groups, including withholding taxes, double tax treaties, transfer pricing (including negotiating Advance Pricing Arrangements), CFC and other foreign source income rules
• fuel tax credits and petroleum resource rent tax

Working collaboratively with the firm’s corporate and dispute resolution teams, we provide expertise on corporate structuring, cross border investment, tax effective financing and the myriad of tax rules affecting general business operations and transactions.

Tax team members have worked both for & against the ATO, managed complex & extensive audits and represented clients before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal & the Courts.

For information on our reputation in the area of Taxation please see Our Reputation.