Practice Area

Structuring advice where legal form and tax outcome matter.

Blackstone Kingsley Ashford delivers tax structuring and SMSF legal advice integrated with the firm's broader commercial practice. The firm advises business owners, investors and high-net-worth clients on structures that achieve legitimate commercial and tax objectives.

Structure matters. Legal form and tax consequence are inseparable.

The legal structure of a business or investment arrangement has direct tax consequences. Getting the structure wrong — or failing to document it correctly — creates risk that compounds over time. Blackstone Kingsley Ashford advises clients on the legal implementation of commercial and investment structures, working alongside accountants and financial advisers to ensure that the legal form of the structure reflects its intended purpose and is defensible under scrutiny.

The firm advises on the following matters.

  • Entity structuring for business and investment
  • Trust establishment, deed preparation and variation
  • Company establishment, constitutions and governance
  • SMSF establishment, trust deed advice and compliance
  • SMSF investment structuring and related party arrangements
  • Tax-sensitive transaction documentation
  • Investment structures for property and business
  • Commercial implementation of accountant-recommended strategies
  • Division 7A loan agreement preparation
  • CGT event planning and transaction structuring

Acting for business owners, investors and their advisers.

Business Owners

Owners requiring precise legal implementation of business structures, trust arrangements and commercial documentation.

SMSF Trustees and Members

SMSF trustees requiring establishment documentation, deed advice, investment structuring and related party transaction support.

Property and Business Investors

Investors structuring acquisitions through trusts, companies and hybrid arrangements requiring careful legal documentation.

Accounting and Advisory Firms

Accounting and financial advisory firms requiring legal implementation of structures recommended to their clients.

Why clients instruct Blackstone Kingsley Ashford.

Structuring advice from Blackstone Kingsley Ashford is delivered with an understanding of both legal form and tax consequence. The firm works with accountants and advisers to implement structures that are sound in form and defensible in substance — ensuring that the legal documentation reflects the intended commercial and tax outcome.

The firm does not provide tax advice in the accounting sense. Blackstone Kingsley Ashford provides the legal component — the trust deeds, company constitutions, loan agreements, and transaction documents — that give the structure legal effect. This distinction matters, and the firm operates within it with precision.

Serious matters deserve serious counsel.

Speak with the firm about your entity structure, SMSF legal matter, trust arrangement or tax-sensitive transaction.