Mitch Bird

Executive summary

Mitch is a Director in Corporate & International Tax team with our office in Melbourne. He is particularly passionate about helping businesses and investors navigate increasingly complex tax environments while remaining focused on providing practical advice to achieve key commercial outcomes.
Mitch specialises in capital gains tax, tax consolidation, financing arrangements, taxation of trusts, cross-border tax structuring, fund structuring, and managing tax compliance obligations.

He brings more than 8 years of experience advising corporate groups, privately owned businesses and fund managers on complex Australian and international tax matters.

Expertise

• Corporate tax
• International tax
• Tax compliance obligations
• Capital gains tax
• Taxation of trusts
• Tax consolidation
• Financing and capital management arrangements
• Cross-border structuring
• Tax due diligence
• ATO early engagement processes and private ruling applications

Experience

• Tax advisory - Detailed tax advisory engagements on a range of matters, including tax consolidation, thin capitalization, utilization of tax losses, tax residency and withholding taxes.
• Family offices - Advising family offices on large commercial transactions, including in relation to a divestment of investments in Australian businesses and the development of Australian real estate assets. 
• ATO engagement – Assisting clients with early engagement processes with the ATO in relation to large commercial transactions and private ruling applications.
• Tax due diligence - Tax due diligence assistance on a range of transactions, including in relation to the sale or purchase of founder-run businesses.

Qualifications and affiliations

• Bachelor of Commerce, Monash University
• Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA), The Tax Institute
• Chartered Accountant (CA), Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand