Helen Symon KC
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025
Band 1 : Tax: The Bar
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Appointed silk in 2000, Helen Symon KC is a leading tax specialist across the full range of tax law in both complex disputes and corporate and personal advisory contexts. In addition to tax, Helen’s practice encompasses commercial and public law.
Her unique input in tax advisory matters stems from her extensive experience in Court. Over more than 35 years, Helen has appeared in Courts and tribunals at all levels, representing both taxpayers and revenue authorities alike. Her wide experience enables Helen to provide objective and informed advice to her clients.
Helen’s insight as a commercial litigator stems from her experience in tax cases which have concerned some of Australia’s largest transactions and projects as well as most complex corporate structures.
Helen’s broader public law practice has developed as a result of her experience in taxation law.
Chambers and Partners Asia Pacific 2021 describes Helen Symon KC as “one of Australia’s most respected tax litigators identified by one source as a "giant of the Bar". She is regularly listed in Best Lawyers and Doyle’s Guide.
Helen is a former Chair of the Victorian Bar Ethics Committee.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Helen Symon KC is one of Australia's longest-serving and most respected tax litigators, noted for her particularly extensive experience of cases concerning the taxation aspects of particularly large transactions, or involving businesses with particularly complex structures. She has appeared before courts and tribunals up to and including High Court level, on behalf of both taxpayers and tax authorities, and her practice also incorporates a significant advisory capability, exercised on behalf of both corporate and individual taxpayers.
