Neil Billyard Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Sydney, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Sydney, Australia

I provide Corporate Tax advise to a broad range of clients with a focus on multi-nationals with cross-border activity. Expertise includes:- complex M&A- financing and re-financing arrangements- domestic and global compliance- CFC advice and compliance- profit repatriation and cash management- capital markets transactions- equity restructuring, divestment and JV arrangements

Sydney, Australia

Partner International Tax / Property & Structured Finance (1 July 2002 to December 2013)Direct responsibility for 4-10 staff ranging in seniority from juniors through to Directors. Role included:• Led KPMG’s global tax delivery for a number of large clients including Lend Lease & Cochlear• Led KPMG’s global delivery across all service offerings for WorleyParsons• Focussed on multi-jurisdictional transactions including leading cross-border M&A deals which involved significant interaction with clients (Tax team, M&A team, senior executives and Due Diligence committees), lawyers, other parties. I led/completed transactions across all continents (except Antarctica)Partner in Charge, China Tax practice (November 2011 to December 2013)Role was to lead all aspects of the China Tax practice in Australia, including:• Both inbound and outbound transactions• Grow the practice • Team included tax technical staff for delivery of work and Chinese NationalsPartner in Charge People, Performance & Culture, Sydney Tax (July 2010 to December 2013)Drove cultural change via• implementating new Skills & Behaviours framework to set performance goals and measure performance• implementing a self-help professional development program for junior staff• providing clarity around relative performance of staffLeader of International Corporate Tax line-of-business 2005-2009Partner in charge of practice which included:• Strategy formulation and communication• Partner goal setting and counselling• Resourcing issues• Staff welfare • Staff communication and buy-in to the direction of the practice

Sydney, Australia

Major Transactional Experience and ResponsibilitiesLend LeaseTax Advisory and Lead Tax Partner for the Audit of the Lend Lease Corporation Limited Group including:• Global responsibility for all Tax aspects of the Statutory Audit including review of the Tax disclosures in the Lend Lease Corporation Limited Group accounts (2003 to 2013)• Led the Tax due diligence and Tax advisory aspects of the acquisition of the Valemus Group (including Abigroup & Baulderstone ) by the Lend Lease Group• Tax due diligence and advising on the acquisition of the Bovis business from P&O• Advised on the expansion across Europe in the early 2000’s including the acquisition of real property assets, equity in established entities and infrastructure deals such as hospitals and brownfield community re-developmentsCochlearGlobal responsibility for all Tax aspects of the Statutory Audit including review of the Tax disclosures in the Cochlear Limited Group accounts, review of the Australian Consolidated Tax returns, and general Tax advisory (2011 to 2013)WorleyParsonsTax advisor to WorleyParsons including:• Led the Tax due diligence and advisory aspects of the transformational acquisition of Parsons E&C by Worley to form WorleyParsons including presentation to the Due Diligence Committee, Audit Committee and full Board on a number of occasions• Responsibility for reviewing the Australian Consolidated Tax returns which includes all aspects of the Australian operations and the impact of Australia’s Controlled Foreign Company rules on all foreign operationsEcho EntertainmentWorked closely with the Tax Function of Echo Entertainment from December 2012 to August 2013. Role included advisory, tax accounting, compliance and communication with the CFO and Chair of the Audit Committee

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