Chambers Review
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Tax - Australia
What the Team is Known For
Arnold Bloch Leibler represents a broad range of corporate and private wealth clients and has a robust team of dedicated tax practitioners who are well-versed in both transactional and contentious tax matters. The firm regularly advises on trusts, deceased estates and the structuring and reorganisation of affairs to ensure they are tax efficient. It has expertise in taxation issues for charities and in structural arrangements for philanthropic foundations. The team provides advice on audits and disputes as well as in relation to commercial transactions. It is also equipped to advise on international taxation issues.
Strengths
Their strength is in the respected relationship they have with the tax office and understanding the client and its risk appetite.
They provide timely and well-considered advice.
Work Highlights
Arnold Bloch Liebler represented Steven Bendel and Gleewin Investments in their successful challenge in the Federal Court to the regulator's position on unpaid entitlements to the income of a trust estate.
Notable practitioners
Mark Leibler AC is a highly prominent, deeply respected, veteran tax lawyer with decades of experience in the representation of high profile businesses and individuals. He is based in Melbourne.
Clint Harding is based in Sydney and is highly experienced in acting for clients on the taxation elements of a variety of transactional matters.
Clint provides timely and well-considered advice in an easily accessible manner.
Paul Sokolowski is active on a variety of tax-related issues, acting for clients ranging from international corporates to high profile private individuals. He is based in Melbourne.
Paul is always approachable, extremely intelligent and very considered in the responses he gives to the ATO.