BakerHostetler

Primarily operating from Washington DC, BakerHostetler‘s team employs a multidisciplinary approach to its international tax practice, collaborating on matters concerning practice areas such as intellectual property, corporate law, and international trade. The firm’s offering provides a broad range of coverage including cross-border mergers, spin-offs, and international joint ventures; as well as foreign tax credits, profit repatriations, and entity classification. The team is also well-versed in devising and implementing specialized planning involving transfer pricing such as supply-chain relocations and nearshoring transactions. Practice head Brian Davis concentrates his practice on cross-border M&A, restructuring, and financing transactions, and he is well-versed in issues pertaining to transfer pricing, permanent establishments, and investment treaties. Paul Schmidt focuses on technical elements of international taxation, advising on technical and policy issues in relation to transfer pricing, treaties, permanent establishments, foreign tax credits, and inversions while Jeffrey Paravano advises on the tax aspects of structuring of acquisitions, as well as tax planning, as well as handling tax controversies, investigations, and litigation.