Panel discussion on the Hicks decision and implications for group restructures

Panel discussion on the Hicks decision and implications for group restructures.

Hybrid event

Date: Tuesday, 23 March 2026

Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm (drinks from 5:30pm – 6:00pm)

Location: ABL Sydney Chifley Tower, Level 24/2 Chifley Square, Sydney NSW 2000

RSVP: Please register your attendance below. This is a hybrid (online and in-person) event.

About the Panel Discussion

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In person

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Non-IFA Member AUD $75.00

Virtual streaming

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Non-IFA Member AUD $75.00 

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	Chair: Shaun Cartoon (Arnold Bloch Leibler) Shaun Cartoon advises a range of clients, including ASX listed companies, high-net-worth individuals and large private groups. Shaun practices in corporate, international and employment taxes, with particular expertise in mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructures and employee share schemes. He also assists clients to navigate complex tax disputes with the Australian Taxation Office and has litigated significant cases through the Australian courts.
	Bradley Jones SC (Senior Counsel for the taxpayer in Hicks) Bradley Jones SC is a Senior Counsel at Ground Floor Wentworth Chambers, practising in taxation, administrative and commercial law, equity, family law and military law. He has particular expertise in Commonwealth and state revenue matters and regularly appears for both taxpayers and revenue authorities in the Federal Court, Administrative Appeals Tribunal and the High Court of Australia. Bradley has advised clients across industries including banking, finance, property development, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications and mining, and has also advised the New South Wales, Western Australian and Queensland Governments on Commonwealth tax matters. He regularly appears in complex family law property disputes involving taxation and equity issues and is a Chartered Tax Adviser, a Fellow of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, and co-author of Evans, Jones & Power, Equity & Trusts.
	Cameron Blackwood (Corrs) Cameron Blackwood is Head of Tax at Corrs Chambers Westgarth and one of Australia’s leading transactional tax lawyers. Cameron advises major corporates and multinationals across the full spectrum of tax issues arising in complex M&A, cross-border structuring, capital management, infrastructure, real estate, and restructuring transactions. He has deep expertise in employee share schemes, demergers, and ATO engagement strategy, and is trusted by some of Australia’s largest taxpayers on their most significant and technically demanding mandates. Cameron is an active contributor to the tax profession through leadership roles with the Corporate Tax Association, the Tax Institute of Australia, Infrastructure Partnerships Australia, the Property Council of Australia, and CPA Australia’s Taxation Centre of Excellence. He is recognised as a leading tax lawyer by Chambers, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, and Best Lawyers.
	Ermelinda Kovacs (Tax Bar)  Ermelinda Kovacs is a barrister at Ground Floor Wentworth Chambers specialising in tax law. She has over 20 years’ experience in tax, having previously practised as a solicitor and held the position of Director in Ernst & Young’s Tax Controversy practice. Ermelinda is frequently retained by the Commissioner of Taxation, the Chief Commissioner of State Revenue and a range of corporate and private clients in Federal and State tax matters, including complex Part IVA cases, CGT, international tax, GST, consolidation, payroll tax, transfer duty and land tax. She is recognised in Doyle’s Guide as a leading tax junior.