David Blake

Executive summary

David is a Partner in BDO’s Tax team in Melbourne. He is both strategic and creative, and naturally aligned with clients seeking support with new business ventures, particularly acquisitions.

David is a tax specialist with a wealth of recent experience assisting clients in merger and acquisition transactions, particularly in relation to due diligence, and domestic and cross-border structuring. He serves a broad range of clients—domestic and foreign, listed and unlisted—across a broad range of sectors.

David joined BDO as Partner in 2010. He has over 30 years’ experience in the tax field, having also worked with a number of accounting firms (including global firms) and the ATO.

Expertise

• Corporate tax
• Tax consolidation
• Tax audits
• Inbound and outbound cross-border tax structuring
• Debt and equity rules and finance arrangements
• Mergers, acquisitions, and divestments
• Restructures
• Financial structures
• Initial public offerings (IPOs)
• Due diligence reports and due diligence committee participation
• Preferred debt/equity financing structures
• Advising on matters relevant to the sales process

Experience

• Tax structuring and sale advice for a global manufacturer relating to the disposition of parts of their Australian and New Zealand operations
• Tax structuring and due diligence advice for an overseas steel company relating to a potential Australian acquisition
• Tax advice to a privately-owned mining company in preparation for an IPO
• Lead Australian tax adviser to a fund manager on a range of domestic and international transactions in the UK, Europe, and the US
• Tax partner for a technology company, providing advice on a restructure and maiden equity investment
• Advisory services to numerous Australian entities in relation to structuring investments in the US and Latin America.

Qualifications and affiliations

• Bachelor of Economics
• Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA), The Tax Institute
• CTA, CA ANZ