Julian Cheng

A practical guide to Australia’s legal and regulatory landscape for businesses, investors and legal advisers entering or operating in Australia. It provides an overview of Australia’s system of government, legal framework and key regulators…

Australia has become a key destination for data centre developers, investors and operators seeking exposure to long-term digital infrastructure growth.

Your carry just got more expensive. So did your management equity plans, your co-investment returns, and the after-tax economics of possibly every deal in your pipeline.

Proposed reforms to Australia’s foreign resident CGT regime expand real property scope, tighten compliance and introduce a limited renewable energy tax discount. Visit Gilbert + Tobin's website to find out more.

The High Court has ruled in PepsiCo’s favour in a landmark royalty tax dispute with the ATO, clarifying how brand licensing and withholding tax apply in Australia. Read more at Gilbert + Tobin.

This guide was first published in the Chambers Global Practice Guide: Venture Capital 2024.

This guide was first published in the Chambers Global Practice Guide: Venture Capital 2024.

The proposed Critical Minerals Production Tax Incentive (CMPTI) announced with the Federal Budget for 2025 accounts for approximately $7 billion of the total $22.7 billion industry support package collectively known as the 'Future Made in A…

Discover how the FY25 Budget supports Australia's critical minerals industry, fostering economic reforms for a sustainable future.

Recent Budgets have seen the Government attempt to perform a delicate balancing act between spending on essential goods and services and transfer payments while seeking to rein in inflation, and this latest Budget is no exception.

We wrote about the uncertainty on the availability of franking credits on special dividends that was created by Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Measures No 1) Bill 2023 (Bill) when it was introduced into Parliament on 16 February 2023.

A busy month in Australian climate litigation October has been a very active month for Australian climate litigation, with important implications for federal climate policy. A decision of the Federal Court provided clarity on the role of cl…

The proposed changes to the thin capitalisation rules in Treasury Laws Amendment (Making Multinationals Pay Their Fair Share - Integrity and Transparency) Bill 2023

The Australian Build-to-Rent (BtR) market is attracting significant levels of both foreign investment (especially from established UK Build-to-Rent and US “multi-family” developers and funds that are familiar with the sector) an…

The Australian Build-to-Rent (BtR) market is attracting significant levels of both foreign investment (especially from established UK Build-to-Rent and US “multi-family” developers and funds that are familiar with the sector) an…

Authors: Stuart Cormack, Elias Stephen, Nick Lazarou, Nathan Cahill, Julian Chen, Phil Turner and Brent Thompson

Australian Build-to-Rent market is attracting significant levels of both foreign investment (especially from established UK Build-to-Rent and US “multi-family” developers and funds that are familiar with the sector) and signific…

In the worlds of the miners, mining services companies, transport companies and other businesses engaging fly-in-fly-out (FIFO) workers, a new crossroad has emerged following a recent decision by the Federal Court in Bechtel Australia Pty L…

Following a lengthy consultation process, Treasury Law Amendment (Making Multinationals Pay Their Fair Share - Integrity and Transparency) Bill 2023 (the Bill) was introduced into Parliament on 22 June, containing measures which will signif…

We break down the 2023-2024 Federal Budget, outline the Superannuation changes, the answer to the Cost-of-Living, the Tax changes to Business, and more.

With just over three months before proposed changes to Australia’s thin capitalisation rules take effect on 1 July 2023, exposure draft legislation on the changes has finally been released for consultation.

In this article, we review the recent tax disputes and litigation and look at the future outlook and conclusions.

The Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Measures No 1) Bill 2023 (Bill) was introduced into Parliament on 16 February 2023.

The government has introduced a Bill to change the tax treatment of off-market share buy-backs (where a company directly repurchases shares from its shareholders and cancels them) by listed public companies.

See our most recent update: Federal Budget 2023-2024: A lesson in walking the inflation tightrope

As part of its commitment to ensure that multinational enterprises pay their fair share of tax. The Government announced a multinational tax integrity package in the lead up to the federal election earlier this year. A consultation paper wa…

Last year, we wondered why we have a Budget night anymore.  Not much has changed. Budget surpluses remain off the agenda for the forecast period.  With unemployment at record lows, the Budget has small measures aimed at keeping un…