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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.

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 Advisor^TM.

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’.

Qualifications, memberships and recognition

Bachelor of Laws (Hons) – Queensland University of Technology
Bachelor of Business – Accountancy – Queensland University of Technology
Diploma of Superannuation Management
Foundation Diploma of Financial Planning
Solicitor – Supreme Court of Queensland
Fellow Member – SMSF Association
SMSF Specialist Advisor^TM
Chair of the SMSF Association
Chartered Tax Adviser
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)
Listed as Best Lawyers’ 2019, 2022 and 2024 Brisbane Superannuation ‘Lawyer of the Year’
Listed in Doyle’s Guide as a preeminent lawyer for Wills, Estates and Succession Planning – Queensland 2020, 2022-2024
Listed in Best Lawyers Australia for Commercial Law, Superannuation Law, Trusts and Estates, Wealth Management / Succession Planning Practice.

Experience

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.

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Acknowledgment of country

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.

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