Alan is a founding Director of Smailes Krawitz. Alan has 20 years of experience acting for privately owned enterprises, high net-worth individuals and corporate groups in the areas of tax, trusts, wills, estates and commercial law. Alan is sought after by accounting, law, and financial planning firms on behalf of their clients.
Prior to establishing Smailes Krawitz, Alan helped lead the private client law team as a director at Ernst & Young (EY) in Perth. He was previously a partner at Norton & Smailes, the pre-eminent tax law firm in Western Australia before its acquisition by Ernst & Young in 2016.
Alan is admitted as a lawyer of the Supreme Court of Western Australia and is entitled to practice in the High Court of Australia, the Federal Court of Australia and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
Expertise and Practice
Provision of complex tax advice for private and family groups and high net worth individuals
Acting for taxpayers in disputes with the Australian Taxation Office and RevenueWA, including matters filed in the Federal Court of Australia and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Provision of estate plans of highly prominent individuals in Australian corporate life
Acting for clients in relation to disputes involving trusts (including discretionary trusts, unit trusts and testamentary trusts) and estates
Qualifications
Bachelor of Laws (Hons)
Bachelor of Commerce
Admitted as a lawyer of the Supreme Court of Western Australia
Chartered Tax Advisor (CTA)
Chartered Accountant (CA)
