Matthew Beckmans
Senior Lawyer
| Family & Relationship Law
Matthew is an Accredited Family Law Specialist with the Law Institute of Victoria and acts for clients in all aspects of family law but more particularly complex property (high-net wealth disputes), financial and multifaceted family law matters.
Matthew acts for clients both in Australia and abroad and has a particular interest and focus in tax effective outcomes, matters with difficult commercial law issues and valuations. Matthew also acts in family law disputes involving liquidators and trustees in bankruptcy.
Matthew has undertaken a Master of Laws at the University of Melbourne focusing on capital gains tax, corporate taxation and taxation of business and investment income. He has presented on the intersection between family law and bankruptcy at the Television Education Network, and has presented at the Tax Institute on the intersection between insolvency, bankruptcy and family law.
Prior to joining Coulter Roache, he worked exclusively in family law, with experience at a specialist family law firm in Melbourne. He provides strategic advice with the purpose of achieving commercial and cost-effective outcomes for his clients.
Areas of Expertise
- - Complex and high-net wealth property and financial matters and disputes involving corporate entities and trusts, and issues relating to taxation, insolvency, bankruptcy and valuations
- - Parenting issues
- - Spousal maintenance
- - Child support
- - Divorce
- - Intervention orders
Qualifications
- - Bachelor of Laws – University of Western Sydney
- - Master of Laws - University of Melbourne
- - Admitted to Practice in the Supreme Court of Victoria
- - Admitted to Practice in the High Court of Australia
- - Accredited Family Law Specialist, Law Institute of Victoria
Memberships
- - Law Council of Australia - Family & Relationship Law Section
- - Court Practice Committee of the LIV - Family & Relationship Law Section
