Mr Tuan Van Le > Aptum Legal > Melbourne, Australia > Lawyer Profile
Aptum Legal Offices
Level 17, Rialto North Tower
525 Collins Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia
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Mr Tuan Van Le
Work Department
Commercial & Tax Disputes
Position
Practice Lead (Tax Disputes)
Career
Tuan is a litigator with over 16 years of experience in tax, insolvency and commercial litigation. Having been the Executive Director of the ATO’s litigation department and a Judicial Registrar of the Federal Court of Australia, Tuan brings a deep understanding of the inner workings of Courts and Tribunals to the leadership of Aptum’s Tax Practice.
Tuan has acted for the Commissioner on a range of complex Part IVC, debt litigation and administrative law matters, and on taskforces such as Project Wickenby and the Serious Financial Crime Taskforce.
Tuan has continually seen that the best results in litigation are achieved with early and ongoing investigations to inform a clear strategy. Recognised for the success of this approach, Tuan has been included in the 2023 and 2024 editions of The Best Lawyers in Australia for the practice areas of Tax Law & Litigation, and has been selected by Who’s Who Legal’s independent research with clients and peers for recognition in Corporate Tax.
Tuan is a senior fellow at Melbourne Law School and is also a current member of the Tax Committee of the Law Council of Australia and its representative on the ATO Private Groups Stewardship Group.
Tuan draws on his extensive experience, strategic insights and a passion for advocacy to lead the delivery of better litigation experiences to Aptum’s taxation clients.
Languages
English
Memberships
- Best Lawyers in Australia, Tax Law & Litigation (2024)
- Best Lawyers in Australia, Tax Law (2023)
- Who’s Who Legal, Corporate Tax (2023)
- Senior Fellow, Melbourne Law School
- Member, Tax Committee of the Law Council of Australia
- Representative, ATO Private Groups Stewardship Group (as representative of the LCA)
Education
- Masters Degree of Law/Taxation, University of New South Wales (2012)
- Graduate Certificate of Legal Practice, University of Technology Sydney (2007)
- Bachelors of Arts (Journalism) & Laws, University of Technology Sydney (2006)
- Accredited mediator (NMAS) (2019).
Lawyer Rankings
Australia > Dispute resolution: litigation
‘Dynamic’ litigation boutique Aptum Legal is co-led by founder and former barrister Nigel Evans, who is recommended for his ‘excellent insights’, and Tuan Van Le, whose experience as a judicial registrar of the Federal Court of Australia bolsters the team’s notable tax specialism. Both are based in Melbourne, and the firm has recently expanded to additionally work out of Sydney and Brisbane. Exclusively focusing on medium to large-scale commercial and tax disputes, the team ‘is small enough to give the client personal service but good enough to match up to any of the major litigation outfits’.