Qualifications 

Bachelor of Arts - University of Natal, Durban 

Bachelor of Laws - University of Natal, Durban 

Master of Laws - University of Natal, Durban 

Higher Diploma in Taxation Law - University of the Witwatersrand 

Doctor of Philosophy - Bond University 

Prior to joing the Bond Law Faculty in January 2008, Michelle taught at the University of
Natal, Durban, South Africa, at Griffith University (Gold Coast campus), at QUT (Gardens
Point and Kelvin Grove campuses) and at Bond as an Adjunct member of staff. She has also
practised in South Africa as a senior tax consultant with one of the largest global
accounting firms. 

Michelle is an Advocate of the Supreme Court of South Africa and a Fellow of the Tax
Institute of Australia. She is also a member of the Australasian Tax Teachers Association
and the Tax Research Network (UK). 

She has published a book on the Transfer Pricing of Intangibles (based on her Bond PhD
thesis), as well as various articles, mainly in the area of international taxation. She
has also given papers at both national and international conferences, again mainly in the
area of international taxation. 

Articles

Advance pricing arrangement reform in Australia: Was it worth the wait?, Intertax (2012)

In June 2007, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) announced that it had tendered for an...

 

Are advance pricing agreements the transfer pricing controversy management tool of the future?, Australian Tax Review (2011)

This article examines the worldwide changes that have taken place in relation to transfer pricing...

 

Congruence and divergence in transfer pricing in Australia and Japan: Intangibles and advance pricing agreements, Asia-Pacific tax bulletin (2009)

This article compares and contrasts the approaches taken by Australian and Japanese tax authorities in...

 

APAs in Australia, Canada and the United States: Current developments and future directions, Intertax: International tax review (2006)

Australia, Canada and the United States have all, in recent years, introduced more severe penalties...

 

Tax in a changing world: The transfer pricing of intangible assets, Tax notes international (2005)

While transfer pricing has risen to the forefront of international tax issues in the last...

 

Books

Advance pricing agreements: Past, present and future, Advance pricing agreements: Past, present and future (2012)

Transfer pricing (the pricing of cross-border intra-firm transactions between related parties) is now the top...

 

The transfer pricing of intangibles (2005)

Transactions involving intellectual property play an increasingly significant role in economic activity at every level...