Luke Magerman

Associate

  Stellenbosch

  +27 21 809 6183

  lmagerman@werksmans.com

Luke Magerman is an Associate in the Tax practice area. He holds a BComm (law) as well as an LLB from the University of Stellenbosch, where he received distinctions for multiple subjects and graduated with his LLB with distinction. He has experience and has advised on international and domestic corporate taxation (including corporate reorganisations, mergers and cross-border tax advisory), funding and financial services, international and domestic trusts and estate planning, all stages of tax dispute resolution (including alternative dispute resolution, settlements and tax litigation), withholding taxes and employees’ tax.

  • Tax
  • Domestic and international corporate taxation

  • Mergers, acquisitions and reorganisations of corporate entities

  • International tax planning for corporates and wealthy individuals and families

  • Tax litigation, alternative dispute resolution and settlements

  • General dispute resolution

  • Providing tax advice and planning to corporates on cross-border mergers and acquisitions

  • Advising corporate clients on the use and impact of the corporate roll-over relief rules

  • Advising corporates on issues such as substance, residence and permanent establishments and how to successfully navigate international expansions

  • International tax planning for corporates and wealthy individuals and families (including tax aspects dealing with emigration)

  • Advise on local and offshore trusts (including advising trustees and high-net-worth individuals regarding the application of South African tax laws to offshore trust structures)

  • Representing taxpayers in tax appeals relating to the interpretation of South African tax law provisions and procedural aspects relating to the Tax Administration Act

 

 

  • Mcomm (Taxation) (In Progress) University of Stellenbosch
  • Admitted as an Attorney, 2024.
  • LLB (cum laude), University of Stellenbosch, 2021.
  • Bcomm (Law), University of Stellenbosch, 2019.

 

 

 

  • Distinctions in numerous subjects during his Bcomm (Law) and his LLB (including taxation and the law of taxation) during his studies at the University of Stellenbosch

  • Article published in the Responsa Meridana Student Law Journal: Volume 57 (2021)