We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Associate to join our growing Tax practice. Our Tax practice is led by Bruce Bernacchi (Partner) who has over 28 years’ experience advising on a wide range of taxation issues, including domestic and international corporate tax matters, M&A, indirect taxes and employee tax issues. You will also work closely with partners and peers in our firm’s leading corporate, banking, employment, litigation and property law teams as well as colleagues and clients in Australia and across the globe.
We are seeking an ambitious tax professional who is keen to provide tax advice to clients across a wide range of sectors, who is keen to “get in on the ground floor” in growing our Tax practice and assist in mentoring the team’s Solicitor. This is a tax advisory role (we do not provide tax compliance services to our clients) so your ability to research tax issues and produce high quality written tax advice is key.
Uniquely for a law firm, we also undertake a significant amount of M&A tax work, undertaking numerous buy-side and sell-side tax due diligence engagements as well as providing advice on the structuring and funding of M&A transactions. We also undertake more traditional M&A law firm tax work including sale and purchase agreement reviews and acting for warranty and indemnity insurers.
Our M&A practice is supplemented by providing tax advice across all areas of the firm, with our team regularly required to provide advice on banking and securitisation transactions, real estate deals and litigation settlements. We also work closely with our market leading Private Wealth practice, advising family offices and high-net worth migrants and returning residents.
Your relevant experience and skills will include:
- Completed Bachelor of Law Degree (LLB).
- 6+ years of experience in the tax practice of a Big 4 accounting firm and/or major law firm.
- Hold, or eligible to hold, a practising certificate.
- Experience in undertaking tax due diligence engagements would be desirable.
- Attention to detail, efficiency, collaboration and adaptability.
What do we offer?
We offer you the opportunity to be part of a dynamic and inclusive team that works in partnership with our clients, where you will get plenty of valuable experience as well as first class mentoring and career development. We are a future focussed firm and that ethos extends to our people too.
At Dentons, we can offer you top quality work matched with an outstanding firm culture. We offer competitive remuneration along with benefits that will make a positive difference to your work/life balance. We welcome applications for this position from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements.
- We are a global business but locally run and operated, giving us the best of both worlds
- We work flexibly and remotely at all levels in our business
- Additional leave over the Christmas/New Year period
- We invest in our people - learning and development are key
- Lifestyle leave – purchase additional leave each year
- Paid parental leave of 26 weeks/5 weeks for non-primary caregiver
- We dress for our day and our role
- Regular social events, including Friday Fives, sporting and charity events, annual balls, family Christmas parties, and an end of year function
- Dedicated wellness programme
- Pro bono opportunities
Dentons is Rainbow Tick certified. We believe inclusion drives diversity and fostering an environment where our people thrive through diversity of thought and shared experience makes us the successful global firm we are. We encourage applications irrespective of race, ethnicity, culture, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age or disability. Dentons is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to an environment where everyone respects and supports each other.
For more information about our Tax practice check out https://www.dentons.co.nz/en/industries-and-practices/practices/tax
To apply, please submit your CV and cover letter. For a confidential discussion about the role, or a copy of the position description, please contact Aleisha Williams on aleisha.williams@dentons.com
