MATTHEW O'CONNOR
Barrister 
LLM (Applied Laws), LLB, MBA, BBus (Acc), ADFS (FP), FIPA, FTI
ABOUT ME
Matt has been an accountant for more than 20 years since coming to the bar in 2015.  Matt was admitted as a solicitor in 2013; joined the bar in 2015; left the bar in March 2017 to return as a solicitor; and has returned to the bar in Janaury 2018.

Combined with the skills of accounting and law, Matt has extensive unique knowledge, skills and experience in a variety of areas including:

  • Software and information technology, databases, IT networks and infrastructure and more
  • Forensic analysis and accounting
  • Taxation - objections, reviews, assessments, & advise (both Commonwealth & State)
  • Business management & advisory
  • Corporations management, structures, advisory and the law;
  • Building and Construction Law
  • Bankruptcy and Insovency
  • Trade Practices & Competition & Consumer Law
  • Corporate Insolvency
  • Financial Services requirements and the law
  • Wills & Estates
  • Employment Law
  • Property Law
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • Equity
  • Alternative Dispute Resolutions

Matt has obtained a variety of skills from his own experiences as an accountant, tax agent and during his time as a solicitor and barrister. His experience obtained includes from advising clients on property developments and contract interpretations; corporate structures; taxation and the effects of; building claims and statutory defects; Restrictive Trade Practices; Competition and Consumer Law, and all the key areas above.