Matthew Burgess co-founded specialist firm View Legal in 2014, having been a lawyer and partner of one of Australia's leading independent law firms for over 17 years.Matthew's passion is helping clients successfully achieve their goals. Matthew specialises in tax, estate and succession planning, providing strategic advice to business owners and high net worth individuals. He has been recognised in the 'Best Lawyers' list since 2014 in relation to trusts and estates and either personally or as part of View in 'Doyles' since 2015 in relation to taxation and since 2017 in relation to wills, estates and succession planning.In part leveraging off the skills he has developed working in the SME market space, Matthew has been the catalyst for a number of innovative legal solutions for advisers and their clients, including establishing Australia's first virtual law firm.As author of technical legal books, Matthew aims to create innovative strategies for the growth, management and protection of wealth. Published legal books include: 1. The Nine Steps to a Complete Estate Plan.

2. The Seven Foundations of Business Succession.3. Six Essential Structuring Articles.4. Five Essential Estate Planning Articles.5. The Seven Key aspects of Testamentary Trusts.

6. The Five Key aspects of SMSFs.7. The Six Foundations of the Taxation of Trusts.8. The Nine Foundations of Asset Protection.9. Probate and Estate Administration.

10. Estate Planning War Stories.11. 40 Forms of Trusts.12. Inside Stories (the consolidated book of blog posts).