Tax advice matters most when it changes the quality of the transaction.
Quinn M&A advises private business owners, shareholders and acquirers on the tax issues that shape significant mid-market transactions from $1 million to $200 million in enterprise value. Our tax advice is designed to strengthen structure, reduce avoidable risk and improve the quality of decision-making before, during and after a transaction.
Senior-led by Michael Quinn and supported by a specialist team, our work connects tax thinking with valuation, legal execution, shareholder outcome and broader transaction strategy — not as a separate stream of advice, but as part of the same mandate.
Request a confidential discussionTax thinking tied directly to exits, acquisitions, restructures and shareholder decisions.
Tax, legal, valuation and transaction strategy considered together, not in silos.
Michael Quinn leads the advisory relationship, supported by specialist capability.
Significant private transactions where structure and tax outcomes materially affect value.
In a private transaction, tax is not a side issue. It is part of the economics of the deal.
Tax outcomes influence structure, net proceeds, timing, risk allocation and the practical attractiveness of one deal pathway over another. Weak tax thinking can erode value, complicate execution and create avoidable friction between parties.
At Quinn M&A, tax advice is treated as part of the transaction itself — not as a separate technical stream. It helps shape better decisions before terms are agreed, not just cleaner compliance after the fact.
Tax advice is stronger when it sits inside the same ecosystem as the transaction advice.
In many transactions, tax advice is brought in from outside the deal team. That often creates delay, duplication and inconsistency between transaction strategy, valuation logic, legal execution and tax structuring.
Quinn M&A is different. Michael Quinn is both a Chartered Accountant and a Solicitor, and the broader tax and legal capability sits within the same Quinns ecosystem — chartered accountants, solicitors and tax specialists working alongside the lead adviser. Tax advice is not being bolted on from outside the transaction.
The result is stronger alignment between structure, risk, valuation, negotiation and shareholder outcome, with fewer blind spots between advisers. Clients benefit from a more integrated process without being pushed outside The Quinn Group platform.
Tax advice built around transaction quality, structure and risk.
Tax capability grounded in the commercial issues clients are actually dealing with — available in-house, without needing to manage disconnected external advisers.
Restructuring & pre-transaction planning
Tax-efficient restructuring, ownership changes and pre-deal planning designed to support clearer exits, acquisitions and investment activity.
Transaction tax issues
Capital gains, stamp duty, GST, income tax and related tax consequences that influence deal structure and net shareholder outcome.
Audit, objection & ATO matters
Support in complex ATO and State Revenue matters — objections, disputes, strategic negotiation and audit-related issues.
Cross-border & specialist matters
International tax issues, residency questions, disclosures, compliance matters and tax risks that affect more complex private transactions.
How tax thinking improves a mandate from structuring through to outcome.
Strong tax advice improves the transaction at each stage, rather than appearing late as a technical overlay.
Early structuring
Tax issues are considered early so the transaction is shaped around the right commercial, ownership and shareholder outcomes.
Decision clarity
Clients gain clearer visibility on the tax implications of different deal pathways before committing to a particular approach.
Negotiation & risk allocation
Tax risk is assessed alongside price, structure and protections so the agreed terms reflect the real economics of the deal.
Diligence & technical support
Tax issues are identified, tested and worked through in a way that supports momentum rather than becoming a late-stage surprise.
Post-transaction outcome
The goal is not only technical compliance, but a cleaner, more efficient and more defensible outcome after the deal is complete.
Tax, legal and commercial thinking, held in the same conversation.
Michael Quinn is both a Chartered Accountant and a Solicitor — an uncommon combination in the Australian mid-market. It matters most in tax, where the issues sit between legal structure, commercial outcome and technical interpretation.
Most private transactions require tax advice to be reconciled with legal execution and commercial strategy. When those conversations happen across three different firms, alignment is slower and errors are more likely. When they happen inside one ecosystem, the advice becomes sharper.
Restructures with legal & tax overlap
Where the legal mechanism and tax consequence need to move as one.
Deal structure choices
Share sale versus asset sale, earnout design, warranty and indemnity architecture.
ATO disputes & objections
Where the technical tax position and legal strategy have to be argued together.
Succession & estate planning
Where the tax, legal and family dimensions of a transfer all matter.
Need tax advice that supports the structure and quality of the deal?
Whether you are planning a sale, considering an acquisition, restructuring your affairs or working through a more complex tax issue, the right early advice can materially improve the outcome.
