Chris Bale | August 26, 2010
Baker & McKenzie has strengthened its Tax Practice Group with the addition of Russell Young as a partner in the Firm’s Chicago office.
Mr. Young focuses his practice on transfer pricing planning and controversies and related international tax planning. At his former law firm, he handled numerous IRS Appeals cases and tax litigation matters in [...]
Chris Bale | August 12, 2010
Dixon Hearder has joined Baker & McKenzie as a partner in the Firm’s Sydney tax practice. Mr. Hearder joins Baker & McKenzie from Corrs Chambers Westgarth, where he was a partner and Sydney Taxation Work Group Leader. He was also the State Pro Bono Partner for the Corrs Giving Back Program.
Mr. Hearder has extensive experience [...]
Chris Bale | July 7, 2010
Baker & McKenzie tax partner Holly Klus McClellan, from the Firm’s Chicago office, will soon join the corporate tax group at General Electric as Transfer Pricing Leader, Tax Counsel, for Treasury and Capital Markets, effective August 16, 2010.
Ms. McClellan has been with the Firm since 1998 and has extensive experience in advising large multinational companies [...]
Chris Bale | July 2, 2010
Miller & Chevalier Chartered has announced that Robert S. Kirschenbaum has joined the Tax Department as a Member. He comes to the firm from Baker & McKenzie LLP, where he was a partner in that firm’s Transfer Pricing group.
Kirschenbaum is a recognized legal authority in the area of transfer pricing strategy and planning, and related [...]
Chris Bale | June 15, 2010
Baker & McKenzie has added Jonathan A. Stevens to its tax practice as partner in the Firm’s New York and Washington DC offices. Mr. Stevens was a partner in the tax group of Jones Day.
Mr. Stevens’ practice involves all areas of federal taxation, focusing on the US and international tax aspects of acquisitions and dispositions, [...]
Chris Bale | June 12, 2010
Baker & McKenzie has announced the addition of Omar Chang Camacho as a Partner in the International Trade & Customs practice in the Firm’s Monterrey office.
Mr. Chang Camacho practices tax and customs law and has worked at Chevez Ruiz Zamarripa y Cía. S.C. as an associate in its international trade practice and at Deloitte & [...]
Chris Bale | May 17, 2010
Baker & McKenzie tax partner Helen M. Hubbard from the Firm’s Washington DC office will join the US Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for Tax and Benefits, effective June 1, 2010.
Ms. Hubbard has extensive experience in advising local and multinational companies on a broad range of US [...]
Chris Bale | April 24, 2010
Baker& McKenzie has added a team of experienced customs and tax lawyers led by partner [private]Jasper Helder, senior associate Brian Mulier, associate Chiara Klaui and junior associate Goran Danilovi?.
The team further strengthens Baker & McKenzie’s trade & customs and tax law capabilities in Amsterdam and globally, particularly in the areas of customs classification and valuation [...]
Chris Bale | February 11, 2010
Highly regarded international tax lawyer [private]John Couch has joined Baker & McKenzie LLP as a partner in Houston. Couch joins the Firm from Bracewell & Giuliani LLP where, among other activities, he spent significant time assisting clients in the United Arab Emirates and the former Soviet Union.
“We are excited to have someone of John’s [...]
Chris Bale | January 14, 2010
Baker & McKenzie has announced the election of 4 new tax partners in North America
The newly elected Partners are:[private]
• Erik Christenson is a Partner in the San Francisco / Palo Alto office and a member of the Tax Practice Group. Mr. Christenson has more than nine years of experience representing multinational corporations – both [...]
Chris Bale | October 26, 2009
Baker & McKenzie has appointed Nigel Dolman as a Senior Economist to its Global Transfer Pricing practice in London.
Nigel joins the Firm after spending nearly ten years at [private]Ernst & Young in London, where he led the development of the transfer pricing team’s offering for intangible assets. His experience focuses on the transfer pricing of [...]
Chris Bale | October 23, 2009
Baker & McKenzie has elected [private]Raymundo Enriquez (Mexico City) to its Executive Committee.
Raymundo Enriquez
Enriquez was recently the Managing Partner of the Firm’s Mexico offices. He focuses on tax and antitrust and unfair trade practices. Enriquez joined the Firm’s Mexico City office in 1988.[/private]
Baker & McKenzie’s Executive Committee is the leadership body of the Firm. [...]
Chris Bale | August 23, 2009
CMS Albinana & Suarez de Lezo has announced the integration of a team of professionals headed by tax law and tax-procedural specialist [private]Felipe Alonso from the Madrid office of the international law firm Baker & McKenzie. With this
incorporation, CMS Albinana & Suarez de Lezo will reinforce its current team and give a strong strategic boost [...]
Chris Bale | July 21, 2009
[private]Baker & McKenzie strengthens its Global Tax capabilities in Hong Kong with the addition of Steven Sieker as a Partner in the Hong Kong office. Steven’s practice focuses on Hong Kong, Canadian and Asian regional corporate tax advisory work, wealth management and tax litigation.
Commenting on the Steven Sieker’s appointment, Michael Olesnicky, Head of the Firm’s [...]
Chris Bale | June 11, 2009
[private]Bernard Boutemy and Sarah Espasa-Mattei have joined De Pardieu Brocas Maffei as partners within the Tax Law department as from June 1, 2009, together with a senior associate, Hélène Petard-Montredon.
They join the tax team created by Emmanuel Chauve and Alexandre Blestel (partners) and are thus going to reinforce the tax practice of the firm, [...]
Chris Bale | March 2, 2009
Quisumbing Torres (QT) has announced the election of a new tax partner.
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Jose Jaime V. Cruz of the Tax Practice Group joined QT in November 1998 and is the most senior of all associates before being elected to local partnership. Jim’s practice focuses on general tax planning, tax advice for mergers & acquisitions and corporate restructuring, [...]
Chris Bale | January 29, 2009
Baker & McKenzie has announced the election of 16 new Partners in North America, bringing the total number of Partners in the region to 367. The elections were effective as of January 1, 2009 and include 2 tax partners:
Patricia W. McDonald is a member of the Tax Practice Group in Chicago. Her practice focuses [...]
Chris Bale | July 17, 2008
Baker & McKenzie has announced the election of a new tax partner in the Moscow office. ”
Maria Kostenko has been working in the Moscow office of Baker & McKenzie since 2001. Her practice focuses on Russian and international tax law, including tax due diligence and structuring of M&A transactions, tax planning and structuring of inbound [...]
Chris Bale | July 17, 2008
Baker & McKenzie strengthened its Global Transfer Pricing and Economics practice with the addition of Christopher Raybould, a senior-level economist, as Director in its Toronto office.
“We are delighted to have Chris join our team. His arrival is timely, given the fact that Canada is one of the most active transfer pricing markets,” said Duane [...]
Chris Bale | July 9, 2008
Baker & McKenzie has announced the election of 33 new Partners across 11 of its 14 offices in the Asia Pacific region. As of 1 July 2008, 24 partners have joined the partnership. A further nine new partners, six of whom are lateral hires, were elected during the last 12 months.
The new partners include [...]
Chris Bale | June 27, 2008
Rothschild Private Bank has invited Baker & McKenzie tax partner, Philip Marcovici, to sit on its board of directors.
Mr Marcovici has practised in the area of international taxation throughout his legal career and was based in the Hong Kong office of Baker & McKenzie for twelve years. He relocated to the Zurich office of Baker [...]
Chris Bale | June 24, 2008
John C. Klotsche, a private sector tax litigator and former Senior Advisor to the IRS Commissioner, is joining the Washington, D.C. law firm Caplin & Drysdale as a Member. Mr. Klotsche will join the firm’s Tax Controversy practice group and will spearhead the launch of a new practice area, ADRTax, specializing in Alternative Dispute Resolution [...]
Chris Bale | June 16, 2008
International legal practice Norton Rose Piotr Strawa and Partners LP has announced the arrival of Marcin Romanczuk as a tax advisor in the Warsaw office on 2 June 2008. Marcin joins from Baker & McKenzie where he was a senior associate specialising in tax. He has particular expertise in transfer pricing rules.
Piotr Strawa, Managing Partner, [...]
Chris Bale | June 11, 2008
Miller & Chevalier Chartered today announced that George M. Clarke, III has joined the firm’s Litigation and Tax practices as a Member. Clarke joins the firm from Baker & McKenzie where he practiced in that firm’s Washington, DC office.
The addition of Clarke is a reflection of the firm’s ongoing strategy of expanding its core practices [...]
Chris Bale | June 3, 2008
Baker & McKenzie LLP Partner Marc M. Levey has been recognized as one of the “Best of the Best” in tax in Legal Media Group’s (LMG) Expert Guides series 2008.
LMG’s Expert Guide series lists the leading practitioners in the legal industry based on surveys of more than 4,000 senior practitioners and in-house counsel in 60+ [...]
Chris Bale | March 11, 2008
Baker & McKenzie LLP announced yesterday that it has expanded its global transfer pricing capabilities with the addition of Richard Boykin as Principal Economist. He will reside in the Firm’s London office until mid-2009 before relocating to its New York office.
To see the full press release please go to the tax lawyer blog
Chris Bale | January 12, 2008
Baker & McKenzie has announced the election of 10 new Partners in North America, bringing the total number of Partners in the region to 360. The elections were effective as of January 1, 2008.
The newly elected Partners include one tax partner:
Angela J. Walitt (Washington, D.C.) is a member of the Tax Practice Group. She focuses [...]
Chris Bale | January 11, 2008
Baker & McKenzie has announced the election of a new tax partner, effective as of January 1, 2008.
Angela J. Walitt (Washington, D.C.) is a member of the Tax Practice Group. She focuses her practice on U.S. federal income taxation of corporations, with an emphasis on international tax planning and controversies involving international tax issues. She [...]
Chris Bale | December 4, 2007
Baker & McKenzie GJBJ Tokyo Aoyama Aoki Koma Law Office (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise) announced today that Ken Okawara has joined the Tokyo office as Head of Transfer Pricing and Economic Analysis. A team of tax professionals (zeirishi) and economists will also follow to the Tokyo office as members of the Global Transfer Pricing Practice and [...]
Chris Bale | October 18, 2007
Baker & McKenzie has announced that it will be expanding its transfer pricing capabilities in China by entering into an exclusive alliance with TP Management Consulting Limited (TPMC) headquartered in Shanghai. Commenting on the alliance, Michael Olesnicky, who leads Baker & McKenzie’s tax practice in Greater China, noted that transfer pricing has become a major [...]
Chris Bale | September 6, 2007
Baker & McKenzie LLP has hired Victor A. Flores in the San Francisco office as Of Counsel in the Global Equity Services Group.
Mr Flores joins Baker & McKenzie LLP from Latham & Watkins LLP. His practice focuses on executive compensation, employee benefits, taxation, securities and employment law on behalf of public, privately held and global [...]
Chris Bale | July 19, 2007
Baker & McKenzie has announced the election of 23 new Partners and the recruitment of 12 Lateral Partners to its member firms in Asia Pacific in the last twelve months. This brings the total number of partners in the Region to 310.
The new Partners include Taxation Partner, Costa Koutsis (Sydney)
Chris Bale | March 4, 2007
Baker & McKenzie LLP has elected 3 new tax partners:
Jonathan J. Martin is a member of the Houston Tax Practice Group. He joined the Firm in 2001 as an associate. Mr. Martin has a broad range of experience in all areas of federal income tax law, with an emphasis on international tax planning and [...]
