Inside the OECD: Part 5 - Taxing derivatives

Anthony Frost CTA

Tony Frost, CTA, Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills’ Managing Director, is a tax lawyer and Chartered Accountant, with a career spanning more than three decades. During this time, he has advised clients on a wide range of matters, including financial transactions, ATO audits and disputes, and the tax aspects of mergers, acquisitions and transfer pricing. Tony has been closely involved in many successful and unsuccessful tax reform projects over the last 30 years or so, including in his role as a key adviser to the Australian Banking Association, and also as an occasional adviser/consultant to the Treasury, ATO and the Board of Taxation. Before joining Greenwoods in 2003, Tony was a partner in a global chartered accounting firm and held a senior position in a leading Australian bank. Tony is a prolific author of tax articles and seminar papers and is regularly invited to speak at industry events and conferences. He spent 15 years as a lecturer in the Master of Laws program at the University of Sydney. Tony is a Chartered Tax Adviser of The Tax Institute, a member of the Law Society of NSW and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, and a member of the International Fiscal Association. - Current at 01 November 2018

Christopher Catt

Christopher Catt is a Barrister at 5 Selborne Chambers, specialising in all aspects of taxation law. At the Bar, Chris has represented taxpayer clients at all stages of their disputes with the Commissioner, starting with collating and preparing voluntary disclosures, responding to position papers, then challenging amended assessments and debt recovery proceedings brought by the Commissioner through mediation and appeals to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and Federal Court; and defending claims in the District Court and Supreme Court and negotiating stays of execution of judgments and settlements. - Current at 18 June 2018

Julianne MACKINNON