Professional Qualifications

Bachelor of Business (Accounting)
Master of Finance
Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
Member of the Australian Society of CPAs
Fellow of Taxation Institute of Australia

Professional Background

Over two decades Daren has advised a wide range of taxpayers including private and multinational groups on all aspects of Australian and International taxation law.  Daren has an excellent tax and legal interpretational skills, which is matched by a strong commercial sense that is shared with the readers of Daren's regular tax publications.

Daren has a strong experience with clients involved in the following sectors/areas:

• Subsidiaries of multinational groups
• Manufacturers - auto parts, carpets, small goods etc
• Automotive storage, rectification and detailing
• Chemical and electrical engineering and production
• Software development, sales and services
• Advertising and media
• Import/export
• Ship and finance brokers
• Property investment, construction and development
• Long-term engineering construction contracts
• Retail and wholesale
• Vehicle detailing and storage facilities

International Taxation and transactions

Daren has advised on the following international and mergers and acquisition transactions:

• An acquisition by an ASX 300 listed Australian company involved in the marketing and distribution of household consumer products, and book and commercial printing.  The company acquired target companies from a foreign based private equity group. Daren assisted in the tax due diligence and acquisition structuring and review of transactional documents and agreements from a taxation perspective.
• A large Australian listed property fund to acquire assets and entities in Luxembourg, Italy, Spain, Vienna, the UK and other European countries.  Daren assisted in the tax due diligence and acquisition structuring and review of transactional documents and agreements from a taxation perspective.
• Daren was involved in acquisitions by an ASX 300 listed Australian company involved in the hardware and industrial products sector.
• Daren has also advised multinational groups on international structuring, profit repatriation strategies, sale and acquisition structuring, tax consolidation, application of the accruals taxation regime (e.g. CFC, FIF, foreign hybrid, trust taxation) and other taxation issues.

Daren also heads the Moore Stephens Asia Markets Group in Victoria.

Transfer pricing

Daren has been involved in and/or reviewed transfer pricing documentation for multinational groups in a variety of industry sectors including:

• Software and IT services
• Logistics
• Manufacturing
• Wholesale distribution
• Market research and analysis
• Global diary trading
• On-line documentation and project management

Daren is Moore Stephens' National transfer pricing leader.