Johnson Winter & Slattery

Johnson Winter & Slattery has expertise in both tax disputes and advisory for multinationals including Microsoft, McDonald’s Australia, Unilever and Blackmores. Reynah Tang is one of the leading partners in the tax practice.

Commercial law firm Johnson Winter & Slattery excels in the corporate/M&A practice area. Managing partner and founder Peter Slattery leads on many M&A transactions, capital raisings and is the primary contact at the firm for foreign clients seeking legal advice in Australia. The hiring of corporate lawyer Marcus Clark in 2016 added M&A and foreign investment clearances expertise to the team. Damian Reichel and Andrew Williams are acting for Australasian apparel supplier and retailer Gazal Corporation on the sale of its Trade Secret off-price retail business to The TJX Companies for A$80 million.

Johnson Winter & Slattery is noted for its funds management work that covers a range of investment vehicles and asset categories. Corporate and financial services lawyer Austin Bell specialises in investment funds and hedge funds. He has worked with domestic and international fund managers on establishing and restructuring investment vehicles, Australian financial services licensing, disclosure obligations and negotiating contracts.