Himashini Weeraratne

Himashini Weeraratne Partner Sydney +61 2 8297 2693

Partner – Tax

Himashini has over 10 years’ experience providing tax advisory and compliance services to financial service providers, fund managers, managed funds, superannuation funds and their advisors.

Himashini also has extensive experience in project managing and coordinating a diverse range of funds and superannuation funds, and assisting clients with detailed knowledge of the taxation and regulatory issues affecting their industry.

Himashini is passionate about growing the mid-sized investment management industry by streamlining compliance processes, and providing value added services to clients, especially at Board level.

Examples of Himiashini’s work includes:

Extensive experience managing the co-ordination of compliance services (including preparation and review of tax-effect accounting calculations and disclosures) to a large number of funds, fund managers and major superannuation funds. This includes working with major fund administrators and middle market such as Fund administrator
First-hand experience in relation to the operations of a major financial services provider through secondment
Assisting and advising clients on tax issues when transitioning from one administrator to another
Structuring inbound and outbound investments
Advice on taxation of financial arrangements regime
Review and advising clients on tax governance and risk for internal processing of systems
Unit pricing and advising on after- tax returns on investments for fund managers and superannuation funds
Reviewing and providing comments on tax policy documents, Product Disclosure Statements and tax statements

Expertise covers:

Qualifications

Bachelor of Laws (Honours) UK
Master of Laws, International Commercial and Revenue Law, Bristol University
Diploma in Tax (University of Sydney)
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
Barrister of the Supreme Court of England and Wales
Member of the Tax Institute