Motorola Tax Director joins Mayer Brown’s Tax Controversy & Transfer Pricing Practice

Mayer Brown LLP, a leading international law firm, announced today that Ray Dybala, 59, has joined the firm’s Tax Controversy & Transfer Pricing practice, based in the Chicago office.

“As the firm continues to expand throughout Asia and Latin America, attracting additional top tier attorneys with extensive knowledge and skill dealing in these markets is one of our key objectives,” said James D. Holzhauer, Chairman of Mayer Brown. “Ray’s international tax experience, especially in China, is a tremendous asset to both the firm and our clients.”

Prior to joining Mayer Brown, Mr. Dybala served as senior vice president and director for worldwide tax at Motorola, Inc. During his nearly 30 year tenure there, he was responsible for directing all aspects of Motorola’s worldwide tax function, including tax planning, tax litigation, compliance and strategy. Mr. Dybala also managed the international tax staffs based in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, Canada, Mexico, Germany, Brazil, the United Kingdom and France. He took the lead in determining and defending worldwide inter-company transfer pricing programs, structuring international transactions and settlement of worldwide tax controversies.

“Mayer Brown has one of the premier tax controversy practices in the country,” said Mr. Dybala. “The depth and breadth of the group combined with the firm’s rapidly growing international presence made Mayer Brown a great match for me.”

Joel Williamson, co-practice leader for the tax controversy group, said, “Ray’s extensive international experience greatly complements our already strong team and will provide significant value and benefit to both our U.S. and multinational clients.”

Mr. Dybala received an MBA in International Finance and a J.D. from DePaul University in Chicago.

Mayer Brown’s tax controversy group is one of the most active in the US. The group includes more than 45 lawyers who have broad experience in representing corporate taxpayers in audits, IRS appeals and Competent Authority, as well as in the Tax Court, the Court of Federal Claims and other Federal courts. Their Transfer Pricing attorneys have extensive experience negotiating Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) between taxpayers and tax authorities in both the United States (IRS) and in foreign countries. Mayer Brown also has a highly regarded appellate tax practice, representing taxpayers before the U.S. Courts of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. We are one of only two firms in the country ranked in the top tier by both Legal 500 United States and Chambers USA.