International Tax Attorney

I help individuals and businesses globally achieve substantial tax savings or increase in bottom line by providing strategic international tax planning, restructuring, monitoring, compliance and guidance on all related legal matters. As an expert in international taxation, I’m also well-versed in the interpretation and application of tax treaties, FATCA, CRS and BEPS measures to promote cross border tax compliance. Along with being a subject matter expert, my strong team building, communication and client relationship skills have enabled me to lead and inspire staff of international tax divisions across MNC, law, accounting or consultancy firms to produce substantial business results.

Dr. Jonathan De Giovanni is a Partner at WDM International. He is responsible for the legal and international tax service lines at the Firm, which are offered via WDM Lex Advisory, the firm’s legal services firm and company services provider. Jonathan graduated as Doctor of Laws in 2009 from the University of Malta defending a thesis entitled ‘Domestic and Treaty based Anti-Abuse Provisions to Combat Tax Treaty Abuse: An Analysis’, while contemporaneously reading for a Master of Arts in Financial Services at the University of Malta. He successfully completed his master’s degree in 2011 with the same university, graduating magna…

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…

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…