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New tax partner for DLA Piper in L.A.

By Richard Binder

DLA Piper has announced that Michael F. Patton has joined the firm?s Tax practice as a partner in the Los Angeles office. He joins from Ernst & Young, where he was a Principal and a member of the International Tax Services Group in the National Tax Department.

Focusing on international transfer pricing, Patton has assisted multinational corporations in a variety of industries with IRS or foreign tax authority transfer pricing and other tax disputes, as well as in planning major cross border transactions. He was instrumental in obtaining the world?s first Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) and has assisted clients in negotiating over 100 APAs. He has also been active in dispute resolutions for clients in Examination, Appeals and through Competent Authority procedures.

Prior to joining Ernst & Young, Patton was an attorney in the IRS Chief Counsel?s office for 15 years, where he was responsible for technical issues, regulations and litigation related to transfer pricing. He was also the lead US Treasury negotiator in many matters with foreign governments and US possessions for tax information exchange agreements.

Patton received a B.A. and J.D., with honors, Order of the Coif, from the University of Maryland and an LL.M. in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on July 06, 2010 (boomark / email).