Areas of Practice

• Tax aspects of
  • U.S. corporate tax planning transactions, and in particular, advising on the restructuring of U.S. corporate international groups;
  • International tax planning for U.S. companies investing in Europe and Asia;
  • U.S. Federal tax planning and planning with tax treaties for foreign companies investing in the U.S.
  • Check-the-box regulations, cross border financings, transfer pricing, foreign tax credits, controlled foreign companies, passive foreign investment companies and Internal Revenue Code (IRC) section 367 issues;
  • Domestic and cross border mergers and acquisitions including IRC section 338(h)(10) elections and S corporation issues;
  • Tax planning for domestic and international intellectual property assets;
  • Structuring corporate debt and equity including thin capitalization issues and earning stripping;
  • Tax free reorganizations, spin-offs and stock redemptions
  • Tax planning for private equity funds including the use of U.S. listed shell companies.

Represent

• Public and private corporations
• Public and private securities offerings
• LLCs, hedge and mutual funds
• Private equity funds
• Limited liability companies and partnerships

Bar Admissions

• New York, Admitted as an English Solicitor

Legal Career

• Joined Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP, 2008
• Of Counsel, DLA Piper, New York  Of Counsel, Salans, New York
• Partner, Evans Dodd, London

Author/Speaker

• Author, “Tax Concepts Affecting Foreign Athletes and Entertainers” 2008
• Author, “ABA 2007 U.S. Federal Tax Update” 2008

Professional Activities & Associations

• American Bar Association  International Fiscal Association
• New York International Tax Club  Committee on Taxation of Business Entities, New York City Bar

Education

• LLM in Federal Taxation, New York University
• B. A., (Hons) Law, University of Westminster, London