Jefferson P. VanderWolk has joined Squire Patton Boggs as a partner in the Tax Strategy & Benefits Practice in the Washington DC office, the firm has announced.
VanderWolk is former Head of the Tax Treaty, Transfer Pricing and Financial Transactions Division at the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, where he served for two years. While at the OECD, VanderWolk was responsible for the BEPS multilateral instrument and oversaw updates to the OECD model tax convention and the OECD transfer pricing guidelines.
Prior to his work at the OECD, VanderWolk was a partner with EY. He has also been a partner at Baker & McKenzie and Deloitte, a director at Merrill Lynch, Special Counsel at the IRS Office of Chief Counsel, and International Tax Counsel to the US Senate Committee on Finance.
VanderWolk has also held several university positions. He has taught at the University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law; Oxford University; London School of Economics; Washington College of Law at American University; and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies at the University of London. He was a professor of tax law at the Chinese University of Hong Kong from 2009 to 2011.
“We’re delighted that Jeff VanderWolk has joined Squire Patton Boggs. He is a wonderful addition to our team and a leading global tax and tax policy practitioner who has been at the forefront of shaping international tax policies. At the OECD, he was responsible for the rollout of the multilateral instrument currently being implemented in several countries around the world and Jeff has worked at the heart of US tax policymaking, gaining deep knowledge of tax reform, its intimate workings and practical applications. He has advised clients in Asia Pacific, Europe and the US on tax planning, structures and compliance across numerous industry sectors,” said Mitch Thompson, global leader of the Tax Strategy & Benefits Practice.
Squire Patton Boggs is comprised of more than 1,500 lawyers across 47 offices in 20 countries.
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