John W Fickling, CTA, is a barrister at the Western Australian Bar, specialising in taxation law and taxation law matters also involving contractual, corporations, constitutional and administrative law issues. John appears in matters both for and against the Australian Taxation Office and Office of State Revenue, provides taxation law advice, drafts correspondence and submissions and negotiates settlements for and against the revenue authorities. John has practised in taxation law for 14 years, four of which were spent in London providing time-sensitive and commercially driven taxation advice to US and European global investment banks on cross-border acquisitions, financing, restructures and capital raisings. John holds a Master of Laws with first class honours, in corporate and international taxation law and has presented at seminars on cross-border tax structuring in Australia, London and NY.