Adele Townsend

Executive summary

Adele is a Partner in BDO's Corporate & International Tax team in Brisbane. She has over 25 years’ experience, including providing tax compliance and tax advisory services to both private and publicly listed Australian and foreign-owned companies.

Adele has worked with many property and construction clients, including large Australian groups and international joint ventures. She also has extensive experience providing advice to individuals on complex international matters, including deceased estates, matrimonial disputes, and residency issues.

Prior to joining BDO, Adele worked in a global accounting firm's corporate and international tax team, and was Boeing Corporation’s Australian Taxation Director.

Expertise

• International tax
• Effective domestic and international structuring
• Tax due diligence
• Preparing public documents
• Employment taxes, including cross-border, expatriate taxes, and employee share schemes

Experience

• Assisted the world's largest private property developer with international structuring for Australian property investments
• Assisted a large US company with Australian structuring for many local acquisitions, including consideration of Australian tax consolidation rules
• Ongoing adviser to many large domestic and international property groups.

Qualifications and affiliations

• Bachelor of Business and Accounting (Honours; awarded the University Medal)
• Chartered Tax Adviser
• Chartered Accountant and Member, CA ANZ
• Fellow, The Tax Institute