Andrew Wai

Executive summary 

Andrew Wai is a Director in the Corporate & International Tax team at BDO in Perth. He has over 12 years of experience advising on corporate and international tax to a broad range of clients across natural resources, mining services, technology, media and telecommunications, and private equity sectors.  

Andrew’s extensive experience and deep understanding of complex tax legalisation enables him to provide practical solutions to his clients.  

Andrew specialises in corporate tax compliance and consulting, international taxation, corporate restructures tax due diligence and IPOs. 

Expertise 

• Corporate tax compliance 
• Corporate and international tax consulting 
• Corporate restructuring 
• Income tax consolidation 
• Tax due diligence 
• Tax effect accounting.

Experience 

• Tax structuring – Assisted a large private group unwind stapled security structure, including seeking ruling from the ATO on availability of rollover relief and potential application of integrity provisions.  
• Tax M&A – Advised an ASX listed company and shareholders on the sale of non-core foreign assets and subsequent in-specie distribution of consideration shares.  
• IPO tax support – Acted as lead tax adviser for corporate groups in preparation for IPO, including pre and post IPO transaction support.  
• Tax transaction support – Acquisition & vendor tax due diligence and post transaction structuring assistance. 
• Tax compliance – Provided tax compliance services to a widely diverse client base, including public listed and unlisted entities. 

Qualifications and affiliations 

• Registered Tax Agent
• Bachelor of Commerce  
• Bachelor of Economics 
• Member, CA ANZ