Scott and his team specialise in advising on tax, superannuation, structuring and restructuring, and estate planning and succession. This includes assisting accountants, financial planners, lawyers and other professional advisers with helping their clients deal with these issues.
Scott regularly provides training sessions on superannuation, tax and estate planning and succession issues and is a Fellow Member of the SMSF Association and an accredited SMSF Specialist AdvisorTM.
In addition, Scott is the chair of the SMSF Association and a member of the Society of Trust and Estate practitioners.
Scott is listed in Best Lawyers Australia for Superannuation Law, Trusts and Estates, Wealth Management / Succession Planning Practice. Additionally, Scott was named Best Lawyers’ 2016 Brisbane Wealth Management / Succession Planning Practice ‘Lawyer of the Year’, and Best Lawyers’ 2019, 2022 and 2024 Brisbane Superannuation ‘Lawyer of the Year’.
In this edition of It depends, partner Scott Hay-Bartlem talks about how we know whether a person has the mental capacity to make a binding death benefit nomination for their superannuation.
In this edition of It depends, lawyer Alfred Jackson talks about vendor finance - what are some of the key traps you should watch out for?
Van Camp v Bellahealth Pty Ltd is one of the first cases where a court has been asked to consider the standard of capacity required in the context of Binding Death Benefit Nominations.
Cooper Grace Ward acknowledges and pays respect to the past, present and future Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation and the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Fast, accurate and flexible entities including companies, self-managed superannuation funds and trusts.