Matthew Meng

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Tax

Matthew specialises in tax.

Matthew acts for taxpayers and for the Commissioner of Taxation. He acts in tax proceedings in Commonwealth and State courts and tribunals.

Matthew has 16 years of experience in tax litigation, as well as tax audits and objections, for multinationals, listed groups and private clients. Matthew also has experience in alternative tax dispute resolution.

Matthew also has tax advisory experience encompassing both Commonwealth and state taxes.

Matthew works fluently in Chinese Mandarin and has worked closely with Chinese public and private clients on their businesses in the Australian market.

Prior to joining the Victorian Bar, Matthew was a Senior Associate in the tax group at King & Wood Mallesons.

Matthew is a Senior Fellow in the Tax Group at Melbourne Law School where he lectures in the Masters program. He holds a Master of Laws specialising in tax law from the same law school. He also completed his undergraduate studies in Law and Commerce at the same university as a National Scholar, where he graduated with First Class Honours in Law.

Matthew's tax experience includes the following areas:

• International tax | Thin capitalisation | Transfer pricing | Tax treaties | Foreign currency | Controlled Foreign Companies | Withholding tax
• Taxation of financial transactions | TOFA | Debt/equity
• Taxation of companies | Imputation | Consolidation | Private company deemed dividends
• Deductibility | Capital/revenue | Capital allowances | Tax loss rules
• Capital gains tax | Small business concessions
• Taxation of trusts | Managed investment trusts
• Taxation of not-for-profits
• Employment taxes | Employee share schemes | Personal services income | Fringe benefits tax | Payroll tax
• Duties | Land tax | GST
• Tax information gathering powers

Commercial and administrative law

Matthew has also practised in commercial and administrative law at the Bar. He draws upon 16 years of experience working in the commercial legal market, where he has acted for multinational, listed, private and government clients in relation to:

• Banking & finance | Lending transactions | Debt capital markets | APRA regulation | Hybrid capital issuances
• Commercial contracts | Mergers & acquisitions | Join ventures | Corporations law | Financial services licensing
• Foreign investment
• Real estate transactions | Property trusts
• Investment funds | Units trusts | Discretionary trusts | Limited partnerships
• Insolvency
• Government decision-making | Regulatory investigations | Freedom of information

中文简介

孟麦修先生是澳大利亚注册出庭律师。孟律师可以用流利的中文普通话工作，并且拥有超过16年的专业经验协助中国国有企业和私人企业在澳大利亚投资和运营。

孟律师的专业领域是澳洲税务法。孟律师在税务争议和税务咨询方面拥有超过16年的专业经验。在税务争议方面，孟律师的经验包括代表上市集团和私人客户处理税务诉讼，审计和反驳的工作。孟律师的税务咨询经验包括联邦政府和州政府的税务法。

在加入维多利亚州出庭律师协会之前，孟律师是金杜律师事务所税务部门的资深律师。

孟律师作为出庭律师也有经验协助客户处理商业法，金融法，和政府法方面的事物。

孟律师拥有墨尔本大学税务法的法律硕士学位。孟律师在墨尔本大学作为国家级学者还获得了一级荣誉法律学士学位和商业学士学位。

孟律师的维多利亚州出庭律师协会简介: https://www.vicbar.com.au/Profile?ID=25138. 孟律师的领英简介：https://au.linkedin.com/in/matthew-meng-092919