Our Taxation practice advises domestic and international clients on all aspects of corporate, financial and commercial transactions as well as on overall taxation strategies. Our specialist lawyers have wide ranging experience acting on behalf of many of Australia’s largest corporations as well as international clients. For clients requiring assistance on a global level, the group can draw on the resources of Baker McKenzie’s worldwide practice and deliver a truly multi-jurisdictional approach to tax planning. Our lawyers regularly advise clients on the revenue implications of structuring investments and major acquisitions both into and out of Australia, real estate acquisitions and developments, financing and leasing transactions and corporate reorganisations.
A vital part of our practice is stamp duty planning for all matters our Firm is acting on. We have a small and very specialised group of stamp duty lawyers who provide this advice. We have extensive experience in advising financiers, vendors and purchasers on all stamp duty issues arising in purchasing and financing property developments and acquisitions. We are experienced in advising clients on the stamp duty implications of various corporate reorganisations and financing arrangements as well advising on major acquisitions from a taxation and stamp duty perspective.
As trusted tax counsel to leading multinational companies for more than five decades, our Global Tax Practice is one of the most highly regarded in the world. Ranked Band 1 by Chambers Global for our work across Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe, clients and industry peers recognize the high quality of the tax advice we provide in transactions, as well as in global tax policy, transfer pricing, indirect tax, dispute resolution and wealth management matters, worldwide. Our unsurpassed global coverage enables us to help clients design, implement and defend tax strategies for their international operations and transactions everywhere they operate.