Dr Holger Ronald Sorensen
LLB (Otago), LLM (Hons) (Wellington), Ph D (Melbourne)

Admitted to Bar: 1984
hrs@hrsorensen.com

Dr Holger Sorensen is admitted to practice in New South Wales, Victoria, ACT, New Zealand and Samoa. His principal areas of practice are:

• Revenue law (stamp duties, land tax, payroll tax, income tax, sales tax, CGT, GST)
• Administrative Law
• Trusts
• Equity
• Commercial
• Corporations
• Common Law

Prior to commencing practice at the Sydney Bar, Dr Sorensen was the Senior Solicitor (Investigations), Special Prosecutor's Office, Sydney (Gyles QC - now Justice Gyles of the Federal Court). The SPO was set up to investigate and charge persons involved in "bottom of the harbour" tax schemes.

His earlier practise experience was as a partner in a Melbourne law firm, a Crown Counsel (Crown Law Office, New Zealand), and a solicitor (Inland Revenue Department, Head Office, Wellington).

Dr Sorensen is a contributor of articles published in Taxation in Australia, the Law Society Journal and Australian Tax Review. He is a part-time lecturer (post-graduate programme) at the Faculty of Law, University of Technology, Sydney.

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