Lachlan Molesworth

Overview

Lachlan is a barrister at the Victorian Bar and also at the Bar of England and Wales. He practices in public, revenue and commercial law. He specialises in taxation and the foreign investment regime. He frequently acts for the Commonwealth as well as private clients.

Before coming to the Bar, Lachlan was in the Commonwealth Treasury Portfolio, covering taxation, foreign investment (FIRB) and corporations law. He was involved with the development of important Commonwealth legislative reforms, including the development of the Multinational Anti-avoidance Law and Diverted Profits Tax to counter avoidance schemes. Prior to that he was a solicitor at an international firm advising on large commercial and taxation disputes in Australia.

He is Chair of the National Trusts of Australia, Deputy Chair of the National Trust of Victoria, and a Director of Ys Housing, three not-for-profit community organisations.

He is a Senior Fellow of Melbourne Law School at the University of Melbourne, teaching corporations and taxation subjects in the Melbourne Law Masters and (previously) Juris Doctor programs, including the Tax Avoidance master subject taught jointly with former justice the Hon Tony Pagone AM KC. He also takes the tax subject in the Victorian Bar Readers' course.

He graduated with two Masters with Distinction from the University of Oxford, including winning the prize for best overall performance in the Master of Taxation and prize for best tax research paper. He also has a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) from the University of Melbourne. Lachlan has been called to the Bar of England and Wales and is a member of Lincoln's Inn, London.

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