Hayden Roberts

Hayden is a specialist income tax lawyer with experience in tax disputes and litigation.

Hayden has been a member of Bell Gully's income tax team for eleven years.

Hayden advises on all aspects of New Zealand income tax law. He has experience advising domestic and foreign clients on various corporate tax law issues, including those arising in mergers and acquisitions, financing arrangements, securitisation structures and employee remuneration arrangements. Hayden prepares and negotiates tax related clauses in sale and purchase agreements, financing arrangements and other documents.

He has been involved in a number of disputes with the Inland Revenue Department, acting for taxpayers throughout both the taxpayer disputes procedures and in subsequent litigation. He has acted for a number of taxpayers in obtaining binding tax rulings and indicative views from the Inland Revenue Department on a range of complex matters.

Hayden also has experience providing advice on income tax issues encountered by individual taxpayers.

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022 lists Hayden as a 'Next Generation Partner' in tax and as someone who "provides excellent customer service."

In 2021, Hayden was named in NZ Lawyer's 'Rising Stars’ report.