Helen Johnson

Helen Johnson

Partner, Tax Advisory, PwC Legal

Helen leads the PwC Legal tax practice in New Zealand, and co-leads the PwC NZ Global Tax team. Helen advises clients on all aspects of New Zealand tax, with focus areas including commercial and residential property investment, tax disputes, cross-border investment, structuring and capital raising. She has a large range of clients, including corporate groups, managed funds and high net worth family groups.

Helen is passionate about advising her clients on tax matters based on an understanding of their commercial objectives. She is also interested in tax policy. She is well connected to the Inland Revenue tax policy team, and has worked closely with them on many recent changes to the NZ tax system. She is also a member of the New Zealand Law Society Tax Law Committee, and regularly presents at industry seminars.

Helen has extensive experience advising clients in a range of sectors on their cross-border investments, including in relation to tax structuring, restructures, acquisitions, capital and finance raises, joint ventures, and advisory work in relation to New Zealand’s international tax rules. Helen also specialises in property and land tax, and works regularly in the infrastructure space. In recent years she has assisted clients with a number of high-profile commercial property acquisitions and disposals, and advises them on tax matters on an ongoing basis during their investment period. 

In addition to this, Helen regularly assists clients with tax rulings and disputes in relation to all aspects of income tax. Before joining PwC Legal, Helen worked at top tier law firms in New Zealand and London.  

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