24 years of tax experience; Property/Funds Market Leader for A&M Australia
Specializes in servicing property/real asset, corporate and private equity groups
Deep expertise in transaction structuring, advisory and tax due diligence
Sydney
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Adam Woodward is a Managing Director and the Property/Funds Market Leader for Australia with Alvarez & Marsal Tax in Sydney. He provides transaction tax and advisory services to property/real asset, corporate and private equity groups. Mr. Woodward has deep expertise providing transaction structuring, tax due diligence, transaction advisory and other advisory/compliance assistance to both domestic and large multinational groups.
With more than 24 years of experience, Mr. Woodward has acted on some of the highest profile Australian listed transactions (including advising on the full ambit of private to public transactions) and other trade sale/peer-to-peer and sponsored transactions. He has provided a full range of Australian tax services to domestic REITs/funds, global private equity groups and large listed entities.
Mr. Woodward is recognized as a leading property/fund tax expert in Australia. He has led a Tax Institute and other treasury/government law/topical submissions and acted as an advisor/independent expert on tax technical matters and disputes.
Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Woodward was a Senior Partner with the Transaction Tax group in EY Australia for more than seven years. He led the property/real assets tax sector across APAC and was the local transaction tax leader.
Mr. Woodward earned a BBA/LLB (honours), and a master’s degree in laws (tax major) from the University of Sydney. He is a legal practitioner with a current practicing certificate, a registered Tax Agent, member of the Tax Institute of Australia, the Institute of Public Accountants and the Tax Committee of the Property Council of Australia.
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