Paul W Oosterhuis

Practice Areas

Paul Oosterhuis is an internationally recognized senior tax practitioner with extensive experience in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, post-acquisition integration, spin-offs, internal restructurings and joint ventures. He also represents multinational companies in non-transactional international tax planning and assists clients in resolving high-stakes, complex tax controversies.

For the past several years, Mr. Oosterhuis has been actively involved in U.S. and international tax policy matters. In addition to being a frequent speaker and author on emerging topics in this area, he has testified before Congress on U.S. tax reform and base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) issues. He also represents clients in working with Congress and the Treasury Department to develop international tax legislation as well as with IRS staff to implement regulations. Mr. Oosterhuis has been an active participant in OECD efforts related to the negotiation of Pillar 1 and the implementation of Pillar 2. He currently serves chair of the Steering Committee of the University of Florida Tax Policy Incubator and as a member of the Advisory Board of the Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation.

Career

Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Oosterhuis served as a legislation attorney and as Legislation Counsel with the Joint Committee on Taxation of the U.S. Congress. He received his B.A. (magna cum laude) from Brown University and his J.D. (cum laude) from Harvard University.