Ka Sen Wong
Partner
Sydney
Ka Sen Wong
Partner
Sydney
Contact Details
Ka Sen leads Allen & Overy's Australian tax department. He provides expert tax advice across a wide range of areas, including private and public M&A, funds, TMT, projects, energy and resources, infrastructure, financial services and capital markets. He advises on both transactional work and ATO investigations/disputes. Clients appreciate Ka Sen’s ability to reduce complex rules to workable solutions and plain English advice, his “high-quality, commercially minded service” and his ability to think laterally and develop “alternative strategies and solutions” that are “tailored to work for us”.
Legal 500 lists Ka Sen as a Leading Individual, and Ka Sen is also a Ranked Lawyer and Noted Practitioner with Chambers and Partners.
Ka Sen is a member of the Tax committees of the Law Council of Australia, the Tax Institute of Australia and the Australian Investment Council and regularly consults on new developments.
Qualifications
Professional
Academic
Master of Laws, University of Sydney, 2010
Bachelor of Commerce, University of Sydney, 2003
Bachelor of Laws (Hons), University of Sydney, 2003
Experience highlights
Advising Danica Livsforsikringsaktieselskab on the sale of certain shares and loan notes in OneFortyOne Plantations to Campbell Global (ABN 50 612 240 909) as trustee for the Q Timberland Trust.
Advising OZ Minerals on the acquisition of Avanco Resources, and the subsequent integration of Avanco’s Brazilian copper and gold mining resources into Oz Minerals.
Advising Crown Castle (US) on the disposal of its Australian telecommunications tower business.
Advising Equinix on tax implications of its acquisition of Metronode.
Qualifications
Professional
Academic
Master of Laws, University of Sydney, 2010
Bachelor of Commerce, University of Sydney, 2003
Bachelor of Laws (Hons), University of Sydney, 2003
Recognition
Technically good, responsive and offering good industry knowledge
Chambers, 2019
He is always available to discuss a problem and is able to turn the advice around quickly and come up with the best solution to the problem.
Chambers, 2019
News & insights
News: 05 MARCH 2021
Allen & Overy advises Aviva on the disposal of its insurance businesses in Italy
Allen & Overy has advised Aviva on the disposal of its insurance businesses in Italy. The deal, announced on 4 March 2021, is one of the most significant M&A deals in the insurance sector in recent…
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Publications: 03 MARCH 2021
France urges the EU to withdraw from the ECT
The EU should express its readiness to withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty, France says in a letter to the European Commission.
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Publications: 27 MAY 2020
Government responses to the Covid-19 pandemic have included restricting travel and implementing quarantine requirements for those who do travel. As a result, managers and directors who are living in…
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Publications: 29 APRIL 2020
Covid–19 coronavirus: a cross-jurisdictional update on the pandemic’s impact on tax regulations
The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic currently spreading across Europe, Asia-Pacific and the United States has resulted in an unprecedented demand for urgent tax relief measures across industries and…
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