Freehills - Taxation - Stamp Duty

Overview

We provide a comprehensive range of advice and services in the area of stamp duty, including:

stamp duty structuring of takeover offers for listed companies and of major property and listed trust acquisitions
developing stamp duty-effective financing structures for large-scale borrowings for both Australian and offshore borrowers
restructuring of corporate groups upon merger/acquisition
structuring of joint ventures / partnerships, especially in mining/energy projects and property development projects
handling complex stamp duty / FID audits and negotiating settlements
complex litigation.

We have been extensively involved in the Australia-wide stamp duty rewrite process since 1995, and presented papers on the rewrite to private meetings of state/territory stamp duties commissioners and at national stamp duty conferences. Members of our team were also responsible for investigating the financial institutions duty (FID) consultative reform process, which preceded the federal government's current proposal to abolish FID.

Overview

Key Information