About
Peter
Peter Bembrick is a highly regarded tax partner with extensive experience advising businesses and individuals on complex domestic and international tax matters. Known for his practical, commercially focused approach, Peter combines deep technical expertise with a strong commitment to delivering effective client outcomes.
Relevant experience
- Advises closely held and privately owned businesses on tax matters, including structuring, compliance and managing complex tax risks.
- Provides strategic guidance on business structuring and restructuring, with deep expertise across CGT, GST and tax consolidation rules.
- Recognised specialist in capital gains tax (CGT), supporting clients through business sales, acquisitions and restructures, with a strong focus on maximising the availability of small business concessions.
- Works closely with high-net-worth individuals and expatriates (and their employers) on complex personal tax matters, including cross-border considerations.
- Trusted adviser to smaller and mid-tier accounting firms, delivering specialist tax expertise on complex issues, supporting client outcomes and strengthening firms’ technical capabilities.
- Extensive experience supporting clients with international tax issues, leveraging strong connections across HLB International to deliver coordinated global advice.
- Former Chair of the HLB Mann Judd National Tax Committee (14 years), contributing to the firm’s technical direction and tax leadership.
- Regularly engaged by industry bodies and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) on advisory committees.
- Widely recognised as a thought leader, with published articles and frequent commentary in major Australian media on tax and business issues.
Peter is known for his approachable style and genuine commitment to his clients. He builds strong, trusted relationships by making complex tax issues easy to understand and focusing on practical, commercial outcomes. Clients and peers alike value his responsiveness, clarity, and the confidence he brings to even the most challenging situations.
Areas of expertise
- Business structures and restructuring
- Tax issues for closely held businesses and family groups
- Capital gains tax, including small business concessions
- International tax issues
- Tax compliance and advice
Qualifications & memberships
- Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) – University of NSW
- Master of Taxation – University of NSW
- Chartered Tax Advisor, The Tax Institute
- Member, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand