batallion legal is a niche, multicultural, corporate and commercial law firm, with specialist expertise in tax and superannuation.  We are a small, focused team, dedicated to our clients and committed to providing excellent client service.

As a team, we are progressive and forward thinking.  We aim to be ahead of our time, instead of lagging behind. As advisors, we pride ourselves on keeping things simple - in making sure all our documents are easy to understand.

our 2 brandlines

batallion legal has the following 2 brand lines:

• “keepin’ it simple”, this brand line highlights the firm's pride in ensuring all its documents are easy to read and understand.  It is our policy, at batallion legal, to eliminate jargon from documents and keep them in plain English.
• "1 team, varied people" describes the nature of our team: united, but yet diverse.  Rather than simply paying lip-service to diversity, we actively promote and pursue diversity in our team.  By diversity, we mean not only gender diversity, but diversity in all its forms.

Our vision is:

• to be a leader in all our chosen areas of law, particularly in tax and superannuation.
• to grow with our clients and to continue developing inroads into niche markets in Australia as well as overseas

Luis Batalha – principal

B Com LLB (Hons I)  

Luis completed a Bachelor of Commerce and Laws degree at the University of Sydney, where he was awarded academic prizes and First Class Honours in Laws. Luis is currently completing a Master of Laws degree, also at the University of Sydney, with a focus on tax and superannuation.

Luis advises clients on all areas of tax and commercial law, assisting in structuring corporate and personal affairs.  Specifically, Luis has been significantly involved in advising on business formation issues, development projects, restructurings, joint ventures and trust arrangements. Among his portfolio of transactions include:

• the 2005 Tattersalls Initial Public Offering
• the $25bn LNG supply between the China National Offshore Oil Corporation and Australia's North-West Shelf consortium
• the spin-off of Deloitte Consulting from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
• the Australian merger of Ernst & Young with Arthur Andersen
• the spin-off of PwC Consulting from PricewaterhouseCoopers

Luis has published and presented widely on a broad range of tax and superannuation issues.  He has also spoken at various conferences organized by a range of legal and taxation associations.

Luis is fluent in Portuguese and has a basic understanding of Mandarin and Japanese.  Also, he enjoys swimming, boxing and long distance running