Robert M. Gordon

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About Robert M. Gordon

For over 40 years, Bob Gordon has guided clients through the intricacies of tax law, making complicated issues clear and comprehensible. His probing mind, listening ear, technical skill, and creative ingenuity consistently lead to practical, effective, tax-saving solutions. Mr. Gordon specializes in complex domestic and international transactions, including M&A, joint ventures, accounting methods, and general federal tax planning. He also provides expert witness testimony in lawsuits that have tax implications. Bob was a Managing Director and Assistant General Counsel at True Partners Consulting for nearly 10 years. Before that, he was Assistant General Tax Counsel and Head of Tax for BP America’s U.S-based manufacturing and retail division. This position culminated 20 years of progressively responsible roles at BP and its forerunner, Amoco Corporation. Mr. Gordon's speaking venues include the Chicago Tax Club, the Practising Law Institute, and the American Bar Association Tax Section. His articles have been published in many tax and business journals. Mr. Gordon has served as an adjunct professor at Loyola University’s graduate school of business in Chicago. He is a leader in the American Bar Association‘s Tax Section, where he is an officer of its Corporate Tax Committee and previously chaired its Energy and Environmental Taxes Committee. He is also a member of the Chicago Bar Association’s Tax Section. He received his bachelor’s degree with honors from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and his J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law, where he served on the editorial board of the Northwestern University Law Review. Specialties: Specializing in: • structuring complex M&A and JV transactions to optimize tax results; • taxation of domestic and international corporate and partnership transactions; • entity rationalization and corporate simplification; • Head of Tax for $125bn retail and manufacturing business; • accounting methods.