Commercial and tax disputes.
Winner of Best Dispute Resolution & Litigation Firm (<$30m)
Resolve your dispute with confidence and clarity
Aptum is a boutique litigation-only law firm specialising in commercial and tax disputes, known for challenging the accepted norms, practises and traditional behaviours in litigation.
Our approach to resolving disputes leverages excellence through a niche focus, cuts through the noise and reduces uncertainty along the way, for which we averaged 9.90 for likelihood to recommend at the 2024 Client Choice Awards.
Aptum has experience on some of the most complex litigation conducted in Australia, and works with individuals and taxpayers, company directors, SMEs, the ATO and corporate entities of various sizes, both domestically and internationally, to achieve the best possible outcomes in disputes.
Services overview
Commercial disputes
Aptum are specialists in helping clients resolve commercial disputes, and experts in getting the best outcomes from litigation.
With a seasoned group of solicitors, barristers, business directors and commercial experts, Aptum has the technical commercial knowledge to deliver winning outcomes across a range of industries.
Tax disputes
Aptum’s tax disputes practice is led by experienced, former senior ATO lawyers, and is supported by a seasoned group of top lawyers, business directors, and commercial experts.
Our unique insights into the inner workings of the ATO, Courts and Tribunals allows us to understand the policy considerations that impact decisions, craft persuasive arguments, and apply mastery to both State tax and Federal tax disputes and litigation.
What makes Aptum different
Legal intelligence framework
Practical, ongoing risk assessment to focus on the essential.
Project management framework
Routine documented strategy through custom project management.
“Cost effective professional advice with an efficient cohesive team that take pride in their work and are client focused.”
- Event Director, Property Dispute
9.3 Overall Experience
“I was kept informed every step of the way with quick, reliable advice. I felt that they cared about getting me a good outcome.”
- Director, Partnership Dissolution Dispute
10 Overall Experience
“From the moment I engaged Aptum they were incredibly professional, thoughtful, and very sensitive to my situation.”
- Senior Executive, Employment Dispute
10 Overall Experience
“Aptum Legal was able to grasp the complexities of [my industry], which previous lawyers were unable to understand. My personal preference is for Aptum Legal to open in Queensland.”
- Individual, Employment Dispute
10 Overall Experience
“I can’t recommend Nigel Evans & his team highly enough. I found him to be an excellent communicator, intelligent, caring & importantly a great listener. His advice & ability to negotiate a quick resolution for me were first class.”
- Andrew Sakeson, Property Dispute
10 Overall Experience
“Nigel made the process as least stressful as he was able to and the outcome confirms that his advice took me on the best path to a strong resolution.”
- Anonymous
10 Overall Experience
“The Aptum Team are professional and courteous and provide a level of service at every level. I will definitely use them again.”
- Frank Cardamone, Managing Director, Waste Wise Environmental
10 Overall Experience
“As strangers to the Australian legal system, and indeed litigation funding, we probably weren’t the easiest guys to deal with. But Aptum made the process clear and there were no surprises.”
- Martin Fine (Director)
Case study
An investor gets another chance to value their busines
Problem: An investor in an early-stage business had been forced out through a compulsory share buyout in what presented as an undervalued share price, and came to Aptum to initiate a substantial professional negligence claim against the professional accounting firm who had conducted the business valuation.
Aptum’s role: Aptum reopened the valuation to provide our client with a voice in the process of determining the value of shares,
Outcome: Aptum worked closely with the client and a litigation funder to achieve a successful outcome within 12 months of issuing proceedings.
Aptum ensured the director recived a fair amount based on their interest in the business.
Read Case StudiesMeet our team
Nigel Evans
Managing Director
Michael Buscema
Practice Lead (Tax Disputes)
Marita Evans
Director of Business Development, Strategy & Brand
David Adason
Associate Director
