Profile
Prudence is a commercial barrister with a particular experience and specialisation in taxation law. With her business background, Prudence brings a combination of a sound commercial foundation and a practical understanding of taxation and commercial law.
Specialising in taxation and commercial law, Prudence has experience in state taxes including land tax and payroll tax, and Federal tax matters relating to liquidations, capital gains tax, complex trust structures, Part IVA and GST. She has appeared in bankruptcy matters and general contract law matters in the Courts and Tribunals.
Before coming to the Bar, Prudence worked at the Australian Taxation Office in the Tax Counsel Network providing specialist legal advice on matters under audit, objections and litigation.
Prudence has previously worked at Ernst & Young in the corporate tax and tax controversy teams, with experience working for taxpayers in ATO audits and disputes, tax consulting, and compliance, and as CEO of BGP International, a fresh produce export company operating across 26 countries. At BGP she managed complex shipping and commercial disputes that arise in international business, and negotiated settlements on those disputes.
Prudence is reading with Catherine Pierce and her senior mentor is Terry Murphy KC.
Qualifications:
- 2021 Frank Pinkerton Scholarship for Capital Gains Tax: Problems in Practice, University of Melbourne
- Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce (Finance), University of Melbourne
- Currently undertaking a Master of Tax, University of Melbourne
- Chartered Accountant
- Graduate Certificate in Agricultural Science, University of Melbourne
- Designing Blockchain Solutions, RMIT
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