Corrs Chambers Westgarth’s tax practice, led by Cameron Blackwood in Sydney, offers comprehensive expertise across all tax disciplines and the full transactional lifecycle, providing seamless front and back-end support. In Melbourne, Angelina Lagana heads up the tax controversy practice, drawing on her experience (including time at KPMG Law in Australia) to assist multinationals, corporates, and public and private entities with complex disputes at every stage. Rhys Jewell focuses on high-value public and private M&A, particularly with a cross-border element, while Jennee Chan is noted for her indirect tax expertise, especially in major M&A transactions.
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Testimonials
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- 'The Corrs tax team has strength in advisory, transactional, and now also in controversy.'
- 'The practice combines tax technical expertise with deep experience of tax disputes, at both the audit and objection stages, and in litigation. It regularly works on transfer pricing matters.'
- 'Cameron Blackwood is particularly responsive and timely, meeting deadlines, doing what he says he will do, and providing commercial, practical guidance for business implementation.'
- 'Cameron Blackwood is among the best technical tax lawyers in Australia.'
- 'Angelina Lagana is a steady and trusted disputes lawyer with solid litigation experience.'
- 'Cameron Blackwood is a standout for transactional matters.'
- 'Jennee Chan is responsive and approachable and provides her advice in an easy-to-understand way.'
- 'The team is unique as for a law firm it is able to offer a full range of tax specialist, covering corporate tax, GST, tax controversy, international tax, employment taxes and stamp duties. The tax team also works in extremely well with other divisions across the firm, and is willing to invest time and resources in generating tax value ideas and proposals for clients.'
- 'Not only are they strong technically, but they stay close to their clients and provide exceptional old school style service. They also cross sell their services in a manner that benefits clients rather than themselves. Rhys Jewell leads the firm in this area.'
- 'Tax Partner is readily available and accessible to the client. Tax Partner understands the client vey well and is able to provide deep technical expertise, recommendations, and advice.'
Key clients
- Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S.A.
- DAZN Group Ltd
- Stockland Supalai Residential Communities Partnership Pty Ltd
- The lenders (Foxtel)
- Cosette Pharmaceuticals
- ACEREZ Partnership
- Southern Cross Media Group Ltd
- Zashvin Pty Ltd
- Phytoca Holdings Pty Ltd
- TA Associates Management, L.P.
Work highlights
Advised Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S.A. on its A$4.5bn acquisition of CSR Limited via a scheme of arrangement, including tax due diligence, acquisition structuring, funding arrangements, transactional taxes, post-completion compliance, and post-transaction integration.
Advised DAZN on its acquisition of 100% of NXE Australia (Foxtel Group) from News Corporation and Telstra, including tax and stamp duty structuring, due diligence, modelling, and negotiation of the share sale agreement.
Advised Stockland Supalai Residential Communities Partnership and Stockland Corporation on the acquisition of 12 master-planned residential communities from Lendlease Corporation across multiple Australian states, making SSRCP the country’s largest developer of house and land packages.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Cameron Blackwood; Angelina Lagana
Other key lawyers
Rhys Jewell; Jennee Chan; Kieran Egan