About Tom Tian
Tom is a tax advisor with a specialisation in stamp duty, GST and land tax.
Tom has advised on a diverse range of transactions across many different sectors. He excels at coming up with practical solutions to complex structuring problems and providing clear advice on tax technical issues.
Some specific major transactions on which Tom has advised include:
- Paine Schwartz Partners' takeover of Costa Group Holdings Limited
- Whitehaven Coal Limited's acquisition of the Blackwater and Daunia mines
- Livent's merger with Allkem
- Sunsuper's successor fund transfer and merger with QSuper
- Cerberus' acquisition of Westpac's motor vehicle finance business
- Fort Street Real Estate Capital in relation to the merger of its retail funds
- Aware Super's acquisition of New South Wales Land Registry Services
- News Corp in relation to the merger of Fox Sports and FOXTEL
- Morgan Stanley’s restructure of and exit from the Investa group property platform
- News Corp in relation to the restructure and demerger of 21st Century Fox
- Woolworths in relation to the demerger and establishment of Shopping Centres Australasia
Tom is a member of the Property Council of Australia NSW Taxation Committee.