TAXATION LAW ADVICE

Joseph Santhosh is an experienced Taxation Lawyer and a Certified Practising Accountant with significant taxation and corporate/commercial law experience gained in both Melbourne and Perth legal practices. His previous experience also involves working as an investment banker in corporate finance, privatisation and project finance. Joseph was also an advisor in Corporate Recovery & Insolvency at Ernst & Young. He has Degrees in Law and Economics (majoring in Accounting) and a Masters in Law (majoring in Tax Law).

Joseph has acted for a wide variety of clients ranging from listed companies and high net worth individuals through to smaller enterprises. He has also provided specialist tax advice to accountants, lawyers and financial planners, and is happy to receive referrals direct from all sources.

Joseph can assist clients with:

·                     restructuring, group reorganizations and business succession;

·                     unregulated mergers and acquisitions, and capital raising;

·                     tax consolidations and tax sharing agreements;

·                     CGT including rollover and small business CGT concessions;

·                     mergers, de-mergers, acquisitions and divestments;

·                     all aspects of income tax (including fringe benefits tax) and stamp and other duties;

·                     taxation of trusts;

·                     review and amendment of trust deeds;

·                     employee share and option schemes;

·                     GST advice and structuring;

·                     International taxation matters; and

·                     all aspects of dealings with the ATO including rulings, audits, litigation and settlement arrangements.

Joseph offers all clients:

·                     Free first consultation (limit of half an hour);

·                     No obligation to proceed;

·                     Written assessment of costs for advice, if requested.

Joseph can be contacted at:

McDonald Pynt Lawyers, Level 1, 85 Market Street, Fremantle, WA 6160

Tel:      08-9335 7171

E-mail: josephs@mpcl.com.au