Melanie Baker KC

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Melanie specialises in taxation and administrative law. Before coming to the bar, she was a senior associate in the tax group of Allens Arthur Robinson specialising in tax disputes. Melanie has extensive experience in dealing with all stages of taxation audits and disputes across a wide range of different tax issues, including transfer pricing, consolidations, debt-equity, Part IVA, R&D, PRRT and GST. Melanie is also experienced in alternative dispute resolution, and has appeared in early neutral evaluations, conciliations and mediations. 

Since coming to the bar, Melanie has appeared in taxation matters for taxpayers and the Commissioner of Taxation before the Federal Court, Supreme Court, County Court, Magistrates’ Court and AAT. She has also appeared in State tax matters. 

She has been listed in Doyle's Guide to the Australian Legal Profession since 2016 in the category of Victoria's Leading Tax Barristers - Junior Counsel. She is also recognised in the Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide, Who's Who Legal Australia and The Legal 500 for her tax controversy work.

Melanie is a Senior Fellow of the University of Melbourne where she co-lectures the post-graduate law subject, 'Tax Litigation'.  

Melanie is a Chartered Tax Adviser with the Tax Institute and has been a member of two of the Tax Institute's Technical Sub-Committees. She is also a member of the International Fiscal Association and the Law Council of Australia's Taxation Committee.