About
Gaurav
Gaurav Vasnani is a corporate tax director with extensive experience across corporate tax advisory and compliance, M&A transactions, tax governance and tax function transformation. He has advised multinational organisations, ASX-listed companies, large privately owned groups and growth-focused enterprises across sectors including financial services, real estate, healthcare, life sciences, retail and infrastructure. His work focuses on helping clients strategically navigate Australia’s tax system while supporting growth, governance and operational confidence.
Gaurav’s technical focus areas include thin capitalisation and anti-hybrid rules, M&A tax and transaction support, tax governance and ATO engagements, cross border structuring, and international tax matters including tax treaties and withholding tax considerations.
Key experience
- Advising clients on corporate tax matters and strategic tax planning across a range of industries with focus on financial services and real estate industry.
- Extensive international tax expertise, including thin capitalisation, hybrid mismatch, BEPS Pillar Two and cross border structuring.
- Leading mergers and acquisitions engagements, including due diligence, transaction structuring, acquisitions, divestments and post-deal integration.
- Managing ATO reviews, audits, tax governance frameworks and complex regulatory engagements.
- Delivering finance and tax function transformation projects, with a focus on process improvement, automation and operational efficiency.
- Supporting CFOs, finance leaders and business owners through growth, restructuring, succession and business transformation initiatives.
Gaurav is valued for his pragmatic approach, strong stakeholder management skills and ability to translate complex technical issues into practical business outcomes. A clear and commercially minded communicator, he brings deep technical expertise, strong industry knowledge and a highly collaborative approach to his client relationships and new engagements.
Areas of expertise
- Corporate tax advisory
- M&A transaction support
- International and cross-border taxation
- Tax governance frameworks
- Tax function transformation
- ATO Reviews
- Strategic tax planning
Qualifications & memberships
- Bachelor of Business Administration
- Master of Professional Accounting and Master of Business Administration
- Member, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
- Member, Tax Institute of Australia