Against the background of an increasing tax reform agenda in Australia, Greenwoods & Freehills has been actively involved in providing technical support and consultation to various government institutions including the Department of Treasury, the Australian ...
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Against the background of an increasing tax reform agenda in Australia, Greenwoods & Freehills has been actively involved in providing technical support and consultation to various government institutions including the Department of Treasury, the Australian Tax Office and the Board of Taxation.
The firm made two internal partner promotions in July 2011, increasing the number of partners in the practice to 22. Narelle McBride and Daniel Sydes will focus on corporate tax in the Melbourne and Sydney offices, respectively.
Partner Tony Frost has been described as "particularly strong in the finance space" by a client, and is recommended by several peers. Frost and Chris Colley teamed up in October 2010 to act as tax advisers to gas firm Santos on their issuance of $907.9 million of subordinated notes.
Richard Hendriks and Josh Cardwell advised the Westfield Group on the creation of the Westfield Retail Trust, a new investment vehicle, to improve the Westfield Group's return on equity and increase its earnings potential. The trust is one of the top three REITs in Australia. This was a first demerger by a listed Australian stapled group using a new trust cloning tax relief concession.
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