Gary Birnberg, Esq., FCIArb is a seasoned ADR professional, specializing in the resolution of a diverse array of commercial matters, both domestic and international. He has served as mediator, arbitrator or special master in hundreds of disputes and is known for employing his legal acumen and business skills to quickly grasp the facts in complex cases. Mr. Birnberg is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit and Appellate mediator admitted to the Bar in four U.S. states, including New York and the District of Columbia, and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He has served as an arbitrator in…
United States
Mike Zeller is the co-head of Moore & Van Allen's Global Services Group. In that role he provides his corporate transactional clients the accessibility, responsiveness, knowledge and understanding of in-house counsel, coupled with the deep, full-spectrum Moore & Van Allen legal resources and cost-efficiencies. He gives his regional, national and international clients passionate, straightforward counsel in general corporate representation, mergers and acquisitions, franchising, inbound and outbound international trade. Zeller represents companies both as franchisors and franchisees. A significant portion of Zeller's practice involves the implementation of Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) and transactions involving ESOP companies. In this regard, Zeller…
Services: Corporate, International Trade, Legal Services
Dan Berman joined RSM in 2012 from the Boston University School of Law, where he was Director of the Graduate Tax Program and Professor of the Practice of Tax Law. He previously practiced international tax law for 25 years in Washington, D.C. both in major law firms and with the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation as Legislation Counsel and the U.S. Treasury Department as Deputy International Tax Counsel. His experience includes tax planning and counseling involving international aspects of U.S. income tax law applicable to cross-border transactions, investment and structures, inbound and outbound, involving all areas of the globe for…
Services: International & Local Corporate Tax, Tax Services
Mr. Cukier is a partner in the Tax group. He practices in the areas of domestic and international taxation. His clients include multinational public and private corporations, governmental entities, partnerships, private equity firms, hedge funds, subchapter S corporations, and high-net-worth individuals. He represents clients in such diverse industries as commodities, energy, technology, manufacturing, transportation, banking and financial services, among others. He counsels clients with respect to tax aspects of all types of transactions, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, dispositions and spinoffs, financings, capital markets and other securities transactions, formation of and investments by private equity funds and other…
Peter’s innovative and practical tax advice is informed by his sophisticated knowledge, wide-ranging experience and cross-border expertise. Managing Partner in New York, Peter has 30 years of experience counselling corporations, institutional investors, banks, and public and private REITs on their international and corporate tax concerns. He advises on the tax implications of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, cross-border financings, restructurings, reorganizations, spinoffs and intercompany pricing. Peter also counsels wealthy families and advises on their transformative transactions and intergenerational transfers. Clients trust him to handle tax controversies or to arbitrate tax-related contract disputes arising from transactions. Peter holds a leadership role…