Burt, Staples & Maner, Llp

The professionals from Burt, Staples & Maner, LLP, have joined Ernst & Young LLP. BSM is an international law firm with offices in Washington, D.C, and London specializing in every aspect of U.S. and international taxation of large, publicly held foreign and U.S. corporations, and high net worth individuals. The Firm's specialty is international tax. Practice areas within this specialty include: U.S. Tax Reporting and Withholding FATCA Qualified Intermediary Advice Tax Advice and Planning Cross-Border Financial Structures Collective Investment Vehicles Audit and Appellate Controversies Litigation Rulings and Regulatory Lobbying Alternative Dispute Resolution Expert Witness Services Advice for Governments The Firm’s partners and associates bring to these practice areas their government and inter-governmental experience of tax policy, administration and litigation acquired at the U.S. Treasury, I.R.S, Tax Court, U.S. Department of Justice and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, as well as formal and informal work with and for tax authorities in the U.S, Europe (especially the UK and Ireland) and Asia. Equally important, they bring their practical business, tax and litigation experience acquired over many years in private practice. The Firm’s partners have been planning tax efficient transactions involving U.S. and multi-national acquisitions, dispositions, financings, intragroup transactions and individuals since 1969. U.S. federal, state and international tax planning and transactional advice for international companies account for a substantial share of the Firm's tax practice. The Firm’s clients include some of the world’s largest U.S. and European industrial companies and financial institutions as well as foreign governments.