- Represented LaLiga, the Spanish soccer league, in its joint venture with Relevent Sports to commercialize its media, sponsorship, and licensing rights in North America
- Assisted Lionsgate, a premier next generation global content leader, in reaching a multiyear slate co-financing and distribution agreement with Hunan TV & Broadcast Intermediary Co. Ltd., one of China’s leading media and entertainment companies
- Represented Digital Globe in acquisition by MDA and resulting formation of Maxar Technologies
- Regular US tax adviser for non-US biotech and other companies listing their stock in Hong Kong stock market
- Regular US tax adviser to non-US sovereign wealth funds
- Represented transportation authority in Southern California in connection with the development of a US$2.5 billion transportation corridor and successfully handled one-of-a-kind property tax litigation related to the same project
Languages
- French
Admissions
Bar Admissions
- California
Court Admissions
- US District Court, Central District of California
- US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Education
- University of California at Los Angeles, J.D., 1995: Editor, Pacific Basin Law Journal
- University of California at Los Angeles, C.Phil. Linguistics, 1993
- University of Geneva (Switzerland), lic. jur. (J.D. equivalent), 1990: President, Geneva Law Students Association; President, Annual Swiss Law Student Conference; Member, International Law Society
- University of Geneva (Switzerland), lic. let. Linguistics (B.A. equivalent), 1989
Honors & Awards
- Recognized by Chambers USA for Tax in Southern California (2018-2026)
- Recognized by Best Lawyers in America for Tax Law in Los Angeles, CA (2015-2026)
- Recognized by The Legal 500 US as a “Leading Lawyer” (2011-2018) and “Hall of Fame” (2017-2025) for US Taxes: Non-Contentious
- Recognized by Best Lawyers in America as Tax “Lawyer of the Year” in Los Angeles, CA (2016)
- Selected as a “Super Lawyer” by Super Lawyers (2014-2023)
- Recognized by Business Today as one of the “Top 10 Influential Southern Californian Tax Lawyers of 2023”
Professional Activities
Member
American Bar Association, Tax Section; Los Angeles County Bar Association, Section of Taxation; Los Angeles International Tax Forum
Council Member
- International Fiscal Associations USA Branch
Member Executive Committee, and Chair, Corporate Subcommittee
- USC Gould School of Law Tax Institute
Past Chair
- Foreign Tax Committee, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Section of Taxation; Corporations Committee, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Section of Taxation
Author
- “Justice Structurelle et Droit Suisse” (comparative analysis of US and Swiss constitutional systems)
Co-Author
- "Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs): Overview," Thomson Reuters Practical Law (November 2022)
- “Anti-Morris Trust Legislation: Common Plan, Plan, and NonPlan Factors, and Letter Rulings,” 1999 TNT 125-42
Speaker
- Fifth Annual Tax Planning Strategies – US, Europe, & London, “Structured Finance-Recent Developments” (2005)
- ABA Section of Taxation 2012 Meeting (“Beneficial Ownership” and “Taxation of Indirect Transfers of Shares”)
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