New York Tax Lawyer, Jonathan Stevens, resigns from Jones Day to join Bakers as a tax partner
Baker & McKenzie has added Jonathan A. Stevens to its tax practice as partner in the Firm’s New York and Washington DC offices. Mr. Stevens was a partner in the tax group of Jones Day.
Mr. Stevens’ practice involves all areas of federal taxation, focusing on the US and international tax aspects of acquisitions and dispositions, post-transaction integration of acquired businesses and intellectual property licensing and planning. In addition, he has advised foreign entities on the tax efficient structuring of their investments in the US, including issues such as withholding tax, FIRPTA, treaty analysis, and compliance with US reporting requirements.
Mr. Stevens also has extensive experience in advising on multi-jurisdictional affiliated group restructurings, foreign earnings repatriation, subpart F and PFIC planning, foreign tax credit utilization, supply chain restructuring, cross-border tax arbitrage and other global tax minimization strategies.
“Jonathan has a strong skill set to further our core competency in tax and to expand our capabilities in areas of significant interest to our multinational clients, especially in international tax planning and tax planning for mergers and acquisitions,” said Len Terr, Chair of the Firm’s North American Tax Practice.
Commenting on his move, Stevens said, “Baker & McKenzie’s global tax practice will provide an excellent platform from which to discharge my work with multinational clients.”
Prior to joining Jones Day, Mr. Stevens was Senior Manager in the International Corporate Services Group with KPMG LLP in New York. He received a J.D. from Temple University in May 1997 and a B.S. in Business Administration (magna cum laude) and B.A. in History (cum laude) in May 1994 from the University of Richmond.
“We welcome Jonathan to the Firm,” said New York Managing Partner James C. Colihan. “His strong technical background and extensive experience advising on and executing international and transactional tax-related projects for major multinational companies fit well within the Firm’s core strategy.”
Recently, Baker & McKenzie’s New York office has added a three-person outsourcing team of lawyers led by Edward J. Hansen and including D. David Jackson and Jessica Lipson. Mr. Hansen has nearly two decades of experience representing clients in complex information technology and business process outsourcing transactions. The Firm also expanded its arbitration and commercial litigation capabilities with the joining of Junghye June Yeum as a partner.