12 new tax partners at PwC Australia, including Stuart Landsberg who made it in 9 years !

PwC Australia has announced its partner appointments for 2015. The following new partners have been made up in tax and private client.

Peter Burnie Port Moresby, Tax & Legal

Peter is a highly experienced tax professional who was a partner with Arthur Andersen and, post-transaction, Deloitte. He spent 2 years in Moscow with Deloitte before joining PwC CEE, based in Serbia/Montenegro. In 2011 he moved to Kazakhstan.

Michael Dean Sydney, Private Clients

Michael has been with PwC since 2010 and was a Director in the Private Client team. He is a Chartered Accountant with over 14 years experience in tax consulting, business advisory, and asset protection for private businesses, family offices, and high net worth individuals.

Michael has a particular focus on advising large Family Groups, with expertise in family and business governance, tax effective remuneration strategies, and succession and estate planning.

Specialties: Family Business, tax advisory, Division 7A, SB CGT Concessions, ATO risk reviews, structuring, asset protection, business advisory, succession planning, trusts, property, private business groups, family offices, SMSF, high net worth individuals, governance

Stefan DeBellis Brisbane, Tax & Legal

Stefan is a Partner in the Brisbane practice and has over 20 years specialist experience as a stamp duty adviser. Stefan specialises in providing Australian stamp duty services to clients across a wide range of industries including infrastructure, energy and mining and industrials. Stefan’s clients include major corporates (both listed and unlisted), government entities and high net worth individuals and their private groups.

Gary Dutton Brisbane, Tax & Legal

Gary specialises in Customs, Excise and International Trade

Stuart Landsberg Brisbane, Tax & Legal

Tax Grotto predicts great things from Stuart. He is a fast-track partner, having joined PwC as a trainee in January 2006. 9 years to partnership is very impressive in today’s market.

Stuart works with clients in a range of industries, including a focus on the energy, resources and infrastructure sectors with a particular focus on coal, coal seam gas and electricity generation. He also has a strong background and expertise in international taxation, especially cross-border mergers, acquisitions and financing transactions.

Stuart Morley Melbourne, Private Clients

Stuart joined PwC in March 2015 from ANZ, where he was Regional Head – Private Wealth, Victoria & Tasmania. In his new role he leads PwC’s Private Clients Family Business and Wealth team.

The family business proposition is based on a deep understanding of family values and dynamics, with a combination of expertise, insight and empathy, we work closely with family members to achieve business and personal objectives while creating the best possible chance for family harmony and continuity.

Keenan Muir Greater Western Sydney, Private Clients

Keenan joined the Firm in 2005 and his experience can be summarised as follows:

– The structuring of privately owned business to support wealth accumulation, tax effectiveness and asset protection outcomes;

– Cross-border business structuring (including Australian business expanding overseas / foreign business expanding into Australia);

– Tax controversy and managing the ATO audit and risk review process (including experience with ATO high net wealth taskforce cases);

– Business modelling, including developing cashflow and profit forecasting for business expansion or finance requirements;

– Property transactions, including the structuring of property developments or long term property investments;

– Tax advice on asset acquisition and asset divestment (including due diligence);

– Employee equity schemes;

– Succession planning and inter-generational wealth transfer;

– General business taxation, income tax compliance and indirect tax related services.

Cameron Rider Melbourne, Tax & Legal

Cameron practises in corporate and international tax, advising companies in both the resources and financial services sectors. He also has extensive experience in tax rulings, tax audits and tax litigation.

Cameron was formerly a professor at the Law School of the University of Melbourne, and director of taxation studies in the Masters program. He still teaches at the Law School, and has recently taught in courses on public law (international and constitutional law), dispute resolution, petroleum and mineral taxation, international taxation and tax avoidance.

Mark Sands Canberra, Private Clients

Dale Sanftl Melbourne, Private Clients

Ryan Smith Sydney, Private Clients

Ryan assists high net wealth individuals and private business owners with their income tax affairs and broader wealth accumulation/protection strategies.

This involves asset protections planning, succession planning and wealth transfer, superannuation advice, executive remuneration issues and tax residency issues.

Greg Weickhardt Melbourne, Tax & Legal