Claire specialises in taxation law.
She is a sought-after advisor and advocate in taxation disputes, with extensive experience in matters involving transfer pricing, tax treaties, Part IVA, capital/revenue, CGT, R&D, GST, excise, royalties and PRRT issues. She has particular experience acting for clients in the mining/resources, financial services, superannuation, infrastructure, technology and health sectors, advising on risk review, audit, objection, ADR and litigation processes. She has appeared for both taxpayers and the Commissioner in significant tax cases in the High Court of Australia, Federal Court of Australia and Administrative Review Tribunal (including Glencore, Sharpcan, BHP, Mylan and Alcoa), and appears both led and unled.
Before coming to the Bar, Claire was a Senior Associate in the King & Wood Mallesons Taxation Group with a specialist tax litigation practice.
Claire has a Master of Laws specialising in taxation law, a Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours and Bachelor of Arts, each from the University of Melbourne.
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