Adrian Hanrahan
Superannuation Lawyer | Specialist SMSF Lawyer
Adrian is a recognised SMSF expert and has worked across all areas of SMSFs over the past 17 years, including as a:
• Specialist SMSF lawyer in private practice
• SMSF subject matter expert at the Australian Taxation Office (assisting with case leadership and resolving technical issues),
• Superannuation Lecturer at Curtin Law School
• Certified Financial Planner® specialising in SMSFs and SMSF administration.
• SMSF course material and assessment writer for AQF Level 9 professional designations
Adrian's clients have access to his deep knowledge and understanding of the ATO when assisting with their SMSF compliance and SIS contravention issues, disqualifications and other rectification orders.
Adrian has successfully overturned SMSF trustee disqualification orders and has successfully representated former spouses and parents of deceased super members with super death benefit disputes.
Adrian is a member on the Taxation committee of the Law Society of Western Australia and the Taxation committee of the Law Council of Australia.
EXPERTISE AND PRACTICE
Adrian is instructed by clients who need solutions to complex tax and SMSF issues for private groups, including reviews and audits conducted by the ATO. Adrian also advises on the restructure of private groups, trading and investment vehicles to implement families’ succession and estate plans.
Adrian was recognised in the taxation law category of 2027 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Australia™ and the 2026 edition of Doyle's Guide (Rising Stars) for Wills, Estates & Succession Planning Law. Both Best Lawyers and Doyle's Guide are based on a rigorous peer-review where award winners are selected through ratings given to them by other practitioners who work in the same discipline, who, in many cases, are competitors.
Qualifciations
• Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA) - Tax Institute of Australia
• Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) - Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
• SMSF Specialist Adviser (SSA) education program
• Bachelor of Laws
• Bachelor of Commerce (Economics & Financial Planning)
• Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice
• Master of Applied Finance (Investment Management & Financial Planning)
• Admitted as a lawyer of the Supreme Court of Western Australia and the High Court of Australia