International Tax Institute, Inc.



 
History: Past Seminars
2012
Date Topic Speakers
January 11   So You Wanted a Territorial Tax System.                 
But Did You Want THIS?

Lauren Angelilli 
(Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP)
John L. Buckley 
(Georgetown University Law Center)
Michael Schler 
(Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP)
  
        
2011
Date  Topic  Speakers
 Dec 14 Naughty or Nice -- Cross-Border Tax Issues in an
Economic Downturn

Deborah L. Paul
(Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz)
T. Eiko Stange
(Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz)
 
 November 9 How U.S. Tax Law Encourages Investment Through
Tax Havens

Carol B. Tan
(Special Counsel, IRS, Office of
Associate Chief Counsel
(international))

David S. Miller
(Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taff LLP)
 
 October 22 FIRPTA - Tales from the Crypt
Kimberly Blanchard

(Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP)
Michael Miller
(Roberts & Holland LLP)
 
 Sept 22 Recent Developments in the Taxation of
Cross-Border Hybrid Instruments

Lucy W. Farr
(Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP)
Yoram Keinan
(Greenberg Traurig LLP)
 
 August - No Meeting -
- No Meeting -
 July 13 Protecting the Treaty Interests of
Cross-Border Portfolio Investors

Patricia Brown (University
of Miami School of Law)
Keith Lawson (Investment
Company Institute)

 
 June 8 FATCA Revisited:
Notice 2011-34 and Beyond

 
Jesse Eggert
(Associate International Tax,
Department of the Treasury,
Washington, DC)
Erika Nijenhuis (Cleary Gottlieb
Steen & Hamilton LLP)
John Staples
(Burt, Staples & Maner LLP)
 

 May 11 "Blockers"
Corporations, Pass-throughs and More

John C. Hart (Simpson
Thacher & Barlett LLP)
Willard B. Taylor (Sullivan &
Cromwell LLP)
 
 April 6 Competent Authority Demystified
Michael Danilack, Deputy
Commissioner (LB&I, IRS)
Carol Dunahoo
(Baker & McKenzie LLP)
 
 March 9

"Offshoring" Intangibles - Section 367(d) - Existing
 Questions and Budget Proposals


Charles W. Cope (KMPG LLP)
David R. Hardy
(Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP)
Philip Tretiak
(Bank of America Merrill Lynch)

 
 February 9 The Hopscotch Rule: Section 956 Foreign Tax Credits
Before and After Section 960(c)

John Merrick (IRS)
Gary M. Friedman (Debevoise)
Lewis Steinberg (Credit Suisse)
 
 January 18  Passive Foreign Investment Companies - Things You   
Need to Know About PFICs But Never Dared to Ask

Jeffery G. Mitchell (IRS)
Edward Gonzalez (Skadden Arps)
Zvi Hahn (Katten Muchin)
 


































 
 

      
2010

Dec 7
Foreign Tax Credit Splitting Events: Interim Guidance
and Other Selected Topics

Ron A. Dabrowski (IRS)
Andy Braiterman (Hughes Hubbard)
Erika Nijenhuis (Cleary)
 
Nov 9
Dividend Equivalent Witholding -
Equity Swaps, Stock Loans and More

Michael Farber (Davis Polk LLP)
David Miller (Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP)
 
Oct 14

Releasing Reserved Tax Assets -Survey of Different Countries' Rules

Stuart Chessman (Vivendi)
Mark Van Der Linden
(Greenberg Traurig)
 

Sept 14

The Current State of Subpart F

James Tobin and
Colleen O'Neill of
Ernst & Young
 

July 13


International Tax Revenue Raisers Contained in the
American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act


Jose Murillo,
(US Dept of the Treasury)

Robert H.C. Wilkerson (KPMG)

June 8

The (Im)Proper Use of Holding Companies

Lodewijk Berger
(Loyens & Loeff (USA) BV)
Drew Morier
(Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt)
Richard Reinhold (Willkie, Farr & Gallagher LLP)

May 11

Container Corporation and the State of Guarantees

Will Dixon (Citigroup)
Gordon E. Warnke
(Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP)

April 20

The VERITAS Case and Cost Sharing Agreements

John M. Peterson, Jr.
Baker & McKenzie LLP

March 10

Is There Cross-Border Tax Planning After Schering Plough and Other Recent Cases?

Mark Leeds (Greenberg Traurig)
Orrin Tilevitz
(Juno Investments)

Feb 16

Corporate Inversions: The Re-Making of Section 7874?

John Merrick (IRS)
Lewis Steinberg
(UBS Securities LLC)
Edward Tannenbaum
(Alston + Bird LLP)

Jan 12      

Selected Aspects of Title V of the Tax Extenders Act of 
2009: The Revised FACTA Legislation

Andrew Solomon and Judith Fiorini
of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

 
2009
 
Dec 8

International Tax Reform –
The Volcker Panel and Other Developments

Paul Oosterhuis (Skadden Arps)
Peter Cannellos (Wachtel, Lipton)

Nov 10

Bilateral and Multilateral Information Sharing —
How "They" Are Gathering Information About You!

Donald L. Korb (Sullivan & Cromwell)
Diana L. Wollman (Sullivan & Cromwell)
Oct 20

Foreign Corporations With U.S. Headquarters:
What Tax Exposure?

Peter Glicklich (Davies Ward)
Abraham Leitner (Davies Ward)
 
Sep 15
 "Foreign Tax Credit" Generator Transactions  Bruce Kayle (Milbank)
 
August    
 
 No Meeting  No Meeting
 
Jul 7
 Pending International Tax Legislative Proposals
Eric Solomon (Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Tax Policy)
Philip R. West (Steptoe & Johnson)
 
June 16
 
Undeclared Foreign Accounts, Tax Fraud, and the UBS Prosecutions: United States and European Perspectives on Voluntary Disclosure

Lawrence S. Feld (Offices of Lawrence S. Feld)
Jean Paul van den Berg (Stibbe)
 
May 12
 Dual Consolidated Losses, Pitfalls and Opportunities Guy A. Bracuti (KPMG)
Hal Hicks (Skadden Arps)
 
April 15
 U.S. vs. EU Approaches to Business Restructuring
Marc M. Levey (Baker & McKenzie LLP)
Monique van Herkson (Baker & McKenzie LLP)
 
Mar 10
Foreign Currency Structuring in the Current Economic Environment
Jeffrey Maddrey
(PricewaterhouseCoopers)
Yoram Keinan (Greenberg Traurig)
 
Feb 10
 Extension of Anti-Conduit Financing Regulations to Disregarded Entities and Hybrid Instruments
Phyllis E. Marcus (IRS Branch Chief)
Mark Stone (Holland & Knight LLP)
 
Jan 21
 Repatriation Alternatives Considering Notice 2008-91
Colleen O'Neill (Ernst & Young)
James Tobin (Ernst & Young)
2008
 
Dec 9
 
Dividend Withholding Avoidance Techniques

Stuart Leblang (Akin Gump) 
 
Nov 11
Taxation of Foreign Investments in U.S. Distressed Debt
David S. Miller (Cadwalader)
Stephen Land (Linklaters)
 
Oct 21
Canada Protocol — Anti Hybrid Provisions Michael Mundaca (International Tax Affairs, Dept of the Treasury)
Kim Blanchard (Weil Gotshal)

Sep 16
Is Transfer Pricing Broken?
Edward D. Kleinbard (Joint Committee of Taxation)
Willard Taylor (Sullivan & Cromwell)

Aug           
  
No meeting    No meeting

Jul 15
The Derivative Benefits Provision of U.S. Income Tax Treaties
Hans de Groot (Loyens & Loeff)
Michael J. Miller (Roberts & Holland)
Jun 17     Transfer Pricing Disputes
Reeves C. Westbrook (Covington)
Louis E. Carlow (PWC)
Richard Tremblay (Osler)
 
May 13

The IRS's Approach to Cost Sharing Buy-in Payments
Rocco V. Femia (Miller & Chevalier)
David Blair (Miller & Chevalier)
 
April 22
Proposed Contract Manufacturing Regulations
Michael A. DiFronzo (IRS)
Peter Connors (Orrick)
Colleen O'Neill (Ernst & Young)
 
Mar 11

Cross-Border Issues of Life Settlements

Jim Guadiana (Torys)
John T. Lutz (McDermott Will & Emery)
 
Feb 20

Cross-Border Implications of Notice 2008-2 Regarding Prepaid Forward Contracts
Mark H. Leeds (Greenberg Traurig)
Jeffrey L. Dorfman (IRS)

Jan 8

Corporate Repos — The Next Income Trust?
Jeffrey D. Scheine (Kaye Scholer)
William Corcoran (Osler)
 
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