Corrs Chambers Westgarth promotes Melbourne based tax lawyer, Rhys Jewell, to partnership

Corrs Chambers Westgarth has promoted tax lawyer Rhys Jewell to the Firm’s partnership. He sits in the national Corporate, Finance & Tax group based in Melbourne.

Rhys specialises in tax issues associated with large and complex transactions and is recognised in Australia and internationally as a leading expert.

Rhys has extensive experience in infrastructure projects (public private partnerships), mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructures, property development and capital raisings. Throughout his career with Corrs since 2002, he has advised on significant deals for high profile clients including Foster’s, Aurizon, Amcor, Southern Cross Media, EBOS Group, the Victorian and Queensland Governments and Macquarie.

Corrs CEO, John W.H. Denton, said he was delighted to welcome Rhys to the partnership.

“Rhys is a legal practitioner of the highest quality. His admission to the partnership is in recognition of his contribution to the tax practice over 12 years. He is a talented and versatile lawyer with broad technical skills and expertise in corporate tax and GST.”

Rhys has been with Coors since 2002, when he joined the firm as a Senior Associate. Prior to this he trained in tax with Arthur Andersen.

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