Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Finance and Planning, on August 4, announced that R.M.R.W. Manchanayake has been appointed to the post of Acting Commissioner General of the Inland Revenue Department. Release
DLA Piper has announced that Hervé Israël has joined DLA Piper’s Paris office as a tax partner.
Hervé was previously partner and head of the international tax group at Holman Fenwick Willan. Release
President Obama, on June 19, nominated Cary Douglas Pugh as a Judge to the United States Tax Court. Pugh is currently with at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, L.L.P. She previously served as Tax Counsel for the Senate Committee on Finance. Release
Economist Nancy Voth, Ph.D., CFA, has WTP Advisors’ Transfer Pricing Practice in Minneapolis. Release
CPA Brandon Vucen and U.S. attorney Alex Manasuev on November 11 announced they have formed U.S. Tax IQ, a tax firm headquartered in Toronto, Canada, that focuses on cross-border tax issues. Release
The UN Economic and Social Council on October 7 announced the appointment of three new members to the Committee of Experts on International . . .
McDermott Will & Emery on Sept. 8 announced that Philip D. Morrison has joined the firm’s U.S. and International Tax Practice Group located in Washington, D.C. Morrison is formerly with Deloitte Tax, LLP. Release
Douglas Shulman was named senior executive vice president and global head of client service delivery (CDS) at BNY Mellon and has been appointed to the executive committee, the bank announced January 7. Shulman, 47, is formerly with McKinsey & Co., where he was a senior adviser . . .
Mike Danilack, former IRS Deputy Commissioner (International) of the Large Business and International (LB&I) division, has joined PwC, the firm has announced. Danilack will serve as a principal in PwC’s Washington National Tax Services’ transfer pricing . . .
Steve Labrum has joined KPMG’s Canary Wharf office in London as a financial services transfer pricing partner. Labrum is former Global Head of Transfer Pricing at Alvarez and Marsal. Release
Corporate lawyer, Shri Arun Jaitley, took over as India’s new Finance Minister on on May 27, stating that his priorities are to “tackle inflation, boost economic growth, and follow the path of fiscal consolidation.” India’s new Minister of laws, telecom, and IT, Ravi Shankar Prasad, also . . .
Ken Brewer has joined Alvarez & Marsal Taxand’s international tax team in Miami as a senior advisor, the firm announced . . .
Former US Treasury Associate Tax Legislative Counsel, Alexandra Minkovich, has joined Baker & McKenzie’s Washington DC office as counsel, the . . .
Peter Baum has joined O’Connor Davies as tax partner, according to a May 19 press release. The public accounting firm has offices in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Release
Walter Nagel has joined publisher Gannett as its vice president and chief tax officer, leaving . . .
Tax justice campaigner Richard Murphy has been appointed Professor of Practice in International Political Economy at City University London. Murphy will be teaching a course titled Economics in the Real World. See: Tax Research UK.
WTP Advisors announced February 4 that Kash Mansori, an economist and transfer pricing specialist, has joined the firm’s North Carolina office. Mansori previously had his own consulting practice, and has worked for Ernst & Young and Experis Finance. He was also an economics professor at Colby College where he conducted research on transfer pricing, international trade, and international finance.
Ernst & Young LLP announced July 17 that Richard McAlonan, Jr. has joined the firm as director of national tax transfer pricing controversy in Washington, DC. McAlonan will also act as the Americas director of advance pricing agreements (APAs). McAlonan previously. . .
Dorsey & Whitney LLP, on May 7, announced that solicitor and chartered accountant, Michael Cashman, has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in the Tax Group. Cashman works on UK and international transactional tax matters. Release
A. Duane Webber will chair Baker & McKenzie’s Global Tax group, the firm announced at its annual meeting held October 7. Webber is based in Washington, DC. Release.
EY, on August 8, announced that Jay Nibbe will take over as Global Vice Chair for Tax. Nibbe will lead more than 35,000 tax professionals around the world. Release
Former US House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) has joined PwC as a senior policy advisor in its Washington National Tax Services practice, the firm announced . . .
Ewelina Stamblewska-Urbaniak has joined Crido Taxand as head of the firm’s transfer pricing practice based in Warsaw, Poland. release
Hareesh Dhawale has been appointed director of the US IRS’s advance pricing and mutual agreement (APMA) program in the Large Business and International Division, the IRS has announced. Dhawale has served as acting director of APMA since June 2014. APMA oversees the IRS’s advance pricing . . .
William Alexander will join Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom’s Washington, DC office, the firm announced January 8. Alexander, who has been with the IRS Office of Chief Counsel since 1990 and served as IRS associate chief counsel (corporate) for the last 12 years, will join Skadden’s global tax group . . .
Baker Tilly TFW has announced that Loh Eng Kiat has joined the firm tax team as of August 11. release
International corporate tax lawyer Elan P. Keller has joined Kaye Scholer’s New York office as a partner, the firm announced January 5. Keller, a lawyer and a CPA, is formerly with Caplin & Drysdale and, prior to that, with Macquarie Holdings, Inc. See, release.
Dallas-headquartered tax firm Ryan announced November 11 that it will acquire WTP Advisors, a Minneapolis-based international tax and transfer pricing firm. See, Ryan release.
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe announced on October 7 that Edward Denny has joined the firm’s London tax practice group. Denny, who is formerly with Norton Rose Fulbright, focuses on mergers and acquisitions. Release
Ashish Dave has joined Quantera Global as a Director in the firm’s Sydney, Australia, office. Release
International law firm, Withers, has hired Eric Roose, formerly of Morrison & Foerster, to head its international corporate tax practice, the firm announced on June 8. Withers also launched . . .
Geoffrey Scardoni has joined DLA Piper’s Luxembourg office as a partner on their tax team, the firm announced . . .
Kathryn Keneally will join DLA Piper’s global tax practice in October and will be based in the firm’s New York office. Keneally served as Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division of the US Department of Justice from 2012–2014. Release
Chris Ball, Adele Townsend, and eight other tax specialists left Pitcher Partners to join BDO’s tax team in Brisbane on February 2, BDO has announced. Ball and Townsend join . . .
Rep. Charles Boustany (R-La.) will head of the tax policy subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee of the US House of Representatives . . .
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