Williams Mullen hires 2 new tax partners – Eugene Chianelli and Anna Derewenda

Williams Mullen has announced that experienced tax attorney Eugene W. Chianelli, Jr. has joined the firm as a Partner in the Tax Law section. He is based in the Raleigh office.

Mr. Chianelli has more than fifteen years of experience in taxation and business law, assisting private and public entities on state and federal tax policy, planning, and compliance. He has an extensive background advising in corporate and partnership taxation, estate and gift taxation, state income, franchise, and sales and use tax and general business law. He has advised corporate stakeholders and business management as well as state legislative leadership, policy makers, and interest groups on all matters of tax policy. In addition to his private law practice, Mr. Chianelli has served as Finance Counsel to the Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives (now U.S. Senator) Thom Tillis, where he advised leaders at the highest levels of state government on state and federal taxation law and policy.

Mr. Chianelli currently serves as Chair of the Tax Section of the North Carolina Bar Association and has served on its Council since 2006. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor in Campbell University’s Lundy-Fetterman School of Business, where he teaches a course in advanced income taxation to law and graduate business students in the school’s Master of Trust and Wealth Management program.

In addition, International tax attorney Anna K. Derewenda has joined the firm as a Partner in the Tax Law section. She will be working out of the Richmond office.

Ms. Derewenda has provided international tax consulting and planning services to a diverse group of corporate and pass-through entities within industries including private equity, real estate, financial and insurance services, retail, manufacturing and pharmaceuticals. She focuses on inbound and outbound international tax issues and can advise on the consequences of cross-border taxable and tax-free transactions. Her work has included matters on inclusion of income under Subpart F and passive foreign investment company rules, withholding obligations and reporting on payments of income and dispositions of U.S. real property interests, permanent establishment questions, application of international income tax treaties to transactions and others. Ms. Derewenda can offer informed tax counsel on corporate formation, reorganization, liquidations, and distributions as well as merger and acquisition transactions.

“With our clients increasingly looking to extend their business overseas, there is a need for attorneys whose knowledge extends across borders,” said Conrad Garcia, Chair of the Tax section at Williams Mullen. “Anna brings a background in international tax that will be especially valuable in today’s global economy.”