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Carlton & United Breweries head of tax joins JWS
Johnson Winter & Slattery has appointed a new partner as it looks to grow its tax offering.
Emma Musgrave
The firm has appointed Alison Haines bringing with her extensive experience across all areas of corporate taxation.
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Ms Haines joined Johnson Winter & Slattery from Carlton & United Breweries (CUB) where she held the position of head of tax.
Throughout her career, Ms Haines has specialised in tax risk management and governance, strategic acquisitions and divestments, and transfer pricing. During her time at CUB she was involved in every major transaction involving the company in the past decade, “including the demerger of Treasury Wine Estates; the takeover of Foster’s by the SABMiller group; the combination of the AB InBev and SABMiller groups; and AB InBev’s recent sale of CUB,” a statement from Johnson Winter & Slattery explained.
According to managing partner Peter Slattery, the appointment of Ms Haines comes as the firm’s tax practice expands its offering to clients, delivering an end-to-end tax service for their transactions, disputes and general business activities.
“Alison will broaden the diversity of skills within our tax practice and offer our clients the opportunity to engage a tax partner intimately acquainted with client perspectives, expectations and needs at a senior level,” Mr Slattery said.
“From a growth perspective, her experience as a corporate tax manager will enable us to expand our offering, particularly in the area of contentious tax matters. It gives us a unique position in the market, opening new doors and opportunities for the firm.”
Ms Haines said she’s excited to join the national firm.
“Johnson Winter & Slattery has one of Australia’s leading practices for complex tax advice and disputes,” Ms Haines
“Its unique business model offers a higher ratio of senior lawyers handling clients’ work, which is all the more important in an area like tax – where experience, expertise and judgment matter.”
