Rachel Law

Senior Associate

Qualifications: BComm, LLB (Hons), CTA

Practices

Rachel is a tax lawyer specialising in direct taxes and tax disputes. Rachel’s areas of experience include advising on a variety of domestic and international tax laws. Specifically, her experience includes dealing with the tax issues associated with cross-border transactions, tax consolidation, capital gains tax, income tax, managed investments funds and employment tax.

Rachel also has experience with domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, structuring, tax advice and tax disputes.

Experience

  • Advised the Waldner group on its acquisition of the business of Laboratory Systems Group Pty Ltd.
  • Assisting a large foreign retail company with the tax due diligence of a potential acquisition. This involved considering various issues such as income tax, international tax, employment tax, transfer pricing and tax consolidation.
  • Advising a large public company in relation to a royalty withholding tax dispute with the ATO through the early engagement process.
  • Assisting on a tax risk review regarding a dispute about the capital / revenue distinction involving approximately $100 million of tax payable.

Latest thinking

Tax | 10 May 2023

Federal Budget 2023-24: what does it mean for you? Commentary from our tax experts

The Budget 2023-24 is nothing short of an election budget. It is big on spending and short on substantive tax measures.