Matt O'Byrne

Executive summary

Matt is a Partner in BDO’s Tax team in Melbourne. With over 15 years’ complex tax consulting experience, he has worked extensively with large corporates, privately-owned businesses, and private equity funds and their portfolio companies. Matt’s deep expertise spans income tax, international tax, tax structuring, and ATO reviews and audits.

He is passionate about helping businesses succeed, and develops close working relationships with his clients, ensuring a deep understanding of the crucial issues facing their businesses. This, combined with his strong technical knowledge, enables him to provide proactive, timely solutions.

Expertise

• Corporate merger and acquisition (M&A) tax
• Tax due diligence
• Tax structuring
• International tax
• Income tax compliance
• Tax consolidation
• Loss verification
• ATO reviews and audit defence

Experience

• Private equity - Advising on the whole private equity investment cycle, including acquisition/divestment of portfolio companies, and ongoing tax compliance
• Mergers and acquisitions - Managing large M&A transactions with a focus on tax due diligence and tax structuring for acquisitions and divestments
• Private capital - Advising on tax structures for private capital to be invested in Australia and offshore
• Managing ATO reviews and audits - Helping taxpayers provide detailed responses to ATO enquiries, particularly where a large transaction is being reviewed.

Qualifications and affiliations

• Bachelor of Commerce
• Master of Taxation
• Registered Tax Agent
• Member, CA ANZ