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Scott Hay-Bartlem

Partner
As the leader of Cooper Grace Ward’s commercial and private client workgroup, Scott specialises in tax, superannuation and estate and succession planning.
+61 7 3231 2458
+61 410 643 480
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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’.

  • Solicitor – Supreme Court of Queensland
  • Bachelor of Laws (Honours) – Queensland University of Technology
  • Bachelor of Business – Accountancy – Queensland University of Technology
  • Diploma of Superannuation Management
  • Foundation Diploma of Financial Planning
  • Fellow Member – SMSF Association
  • SMSF Specialist AdvisorTM
  • Chartered Tax Adviser
  • Chair of the SMSF Association
  • Member – The Tax Institute
  • Member – FAAA (Financial Advice Association Australia)
  • Member – IFPA (Institute of Financial Professionals Australia)
  • Trust and Estate Practitioner (STEP)
  • Member – STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners)
  • Brisbane Superannuation Lawyer of the Year – Best Lawyers Australia 2019, 2022 and 2024
  • Preeminent Lawyer for Wills, Estates and Succession Planning – Doyles Guide 2020, 2022–2025
  • Listed in Commercial Law, Superannuation Law, Trusts and Estates, and Wealth Management / Succession Planning Practice – Best Lawyers Australia every year since 2014
  • Listed in Commercial Law – Best Lawyers Australia every year since 2021
  • Advising on a wide range of tax, superannuation, structuring and restructuring, and estate planning and succession matters.
  • Advising on all aspects of business structuring and business and estate planning, sales and purchases of businesses, providing advice in relation to trusts, company matters, superannuation funds, tax and stamp duty.
  • Delivering documentation for the establishment of trusts, superannuation and company structures.
  • Advising on tax and related matters, including interpreting revenue laws and applying for revenue rulings.

Areas of Expertise

Duty
Personal legal services
Estate administration and disputes
Tax and revenue
Superannuation law
Estate planning
Middle market enterprises (MME)
Professional advisers
Not-for-profit
Family business law
Trusts

Publications

Coffee with CGW - Get to know Phil Vickery

In this episode of 'Coffee with CGW', partner Phil Vickery from our corporate advisory team joins private client partner Scott Hay-Bartlem for a lively chat over coffee. In this candid conversation, we delve into Phil's background, explore his life outside CGW, and discuss what gets him excited about his work.

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It depends - What happens to the appointor role in my family discretionary trust when I die?

In this edition of It depends, partner Scott Hay-Bartlem discusses what happens when the appointor in your family discretionary trust dies.

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Cooper Grace Ward recognised for excellence in Wills, Estates and Succession law

Doyles Guide has released its rankings for Wills, Estates, Estates Litigation and Succession Planning Lawyers and Law Firms in Queensland for 2025, and Cooper Grace Ward has once again performed exceptionally well.

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