MinterEllison, Tax | Chambers Asia-Pacific Profile

About

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Tax

Frequent tax regulation changes, increasing complexity and regulator scrutiny means organisations need innovative legal tax structuring and advisory services that are both independent and practical like never before. As the largest tax practice in the Australian law firm landscape, we have the experience, expertise and reach to seamlessly offer both legal and non-legal solutions to your organisation.

How we can help

In uncertain times, organisations must seek to maximise commercial value. With our unique regulator perspective in structuring deals and businesses, and in the consideration of their tax issues, we help organisations navigate tax complexity. We bring our multidisciplinary, integrated team together to offer expertise across a number of areas:

Transactions and capital raising
Property and Infrastructure
Commercial contracts
Intellectual property
Restructuring
Risk, regulatory and funding
Insurance coverage and claims
Technology and data
Workplace
Disputes
Global mobility

Chambers Review

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Tax - Australia

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

MinterEllison's full-service tax offering spans direct, indirect, and federal and state taxes and operates on behalf of a broad client base, ranging from global corporations to high net worth individuals and public bodies. The law firm consists of both tax lawyers and accountants, giving it the capabilities of a multidisciplinary practice. It has a large tax controversy team with experience acting on significant disputes on behalf of both taxpayers and the ATO. It acts regularly on cross-border tax mandates for international clients, offering focused expertise concerning transfer pricing issues encountered by multinational corporates.

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Work Highlights

MinterEllison advised Mirvac on its acquisition of a 47.5% stake in the Serenitas land lease business comprising 27 lifestyle communities across New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and Victoria, as part of an equity syndication with co-investors Pacific Equity Partners and Tasman Capital.

Strengths

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MinterEllison has a depth of knowledge and experience in the application of tax law and ATO practices, as well as strong industry experience.

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Asia-Pacific

They have a team of people with a very strong technical focus in relation to the law who can also balance practical perspectives and commercial acumen.

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Asia-Pacific

MinterEllison has a depth of knowledge and experience in the application of tax law and ATO practices, as well as strong industry experience.

Tax respondent
Asia-Pacific

They have a team of people with a very strong technical focus in relation to the law who can also balance practical perspectives and commercial acumen.

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Asia-Pacific

Notable Practitioners

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Paul King

Senior Statespeople

Paul King is a highly regarded Sydney-based senior figure in the Australian tax law space, with decades of experience advising clients on corporate tax issues, particularly those in the property and finance sectors.

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Adrian Varrasso

Band 2

Adrian Varrasso is based in Melbourne and is widely respected for the substantial expertise he boasts in a variety of tax-related corporate transactional contexts.

Adrian has provided fantastic guidance and advice over the years. I would highly recommend him.

Adrian is responsive, technically strong and able to craft bespoke, practical solutions.

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Nathan Deveson

Band 3

Nathan Deveson has a well-established practice advising clients on significant transactions. Based in Sydney, he is particularly well regarded for his expertise concerning indirect tax, stamp duty and other state tax issues.

Nathan is an industry leader in stamp duty and state taxes and provides a high quality of service in this area.

Nathan can take a commercial view which is always really helpful.

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Rhys Guild

Band 3

Rhys Guild maintains an active practice in indirect tax from the Sydney office, offering particular expertise in the GST sphere. He is regularly instructed by clients in a variety of sectors, including resources, property development and social housing.

Rhys is very commercial, a great lawyer and focused on client service excellence.

Rhys has a great depth of knowledge and experience and was highly responsive at short notice.

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Carmen McElwain

Band 4

Carmen McElwain focuses principally on contentious or potentially contentious taxation issues, bringing to her work the valuable advantage of having been regularly instructed by both the ATO and taxpayers on significant disputes, audits and regulatory arrangements. She is based in Melbourne.

Carmen McElwain is very good at explaining to authorities the client's view and negotiating.

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