Susan Klein joins Akerman in Chicago as Tax Partner

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm, has announced the continued growth of the Chicago office with seasoned tax lawyer Susan F. Klein.

She arrives from Polsinelli as a partner in Akerman’s Tax Practice Group and enhances the firm’s strengths in international taxation and in cross-border transactions, within the financial services and real estate sectors.

“Susan is a leading authority on some of the most complex international and U.S. tax issues,” said Peter Larsen, chair of Akerman’s Tax Practice Group. “She adds another dimension to our growing Tax Practice Group and strengthens our ability to assist clients with multinational tax planning, compliance and structuring issues. Susan will provide immediate and valuable counsel to our clients as they consider investment opportunities around the globe.”

Klein focuses her practice on the tax aspects of international transactions for companies and individuals, including mergers, acquisitions, and dispositions of businesses, entity formations, venture capital, financial services taxation, tax controversies and complex real estate transactions. She has decades of experience counseling U.S. clients with respect to their investments and business operations internationally, including Canada, Western Europe, Israel and in various regions in Asia and Latin America. Klein also represents foreign nationals and corporations in connection with U.S. investments, licensing operations, acquisitions, joint ventures, and estate planning. She counsels multinational groups, including foreign financial institutions, on compliance with their obligations under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). Klein also advises domestic and international businesses on transfer pricing issues, and provides tax planning and structuring guidance for the operation of offshore hedge funds.

Klein’s work in transnational tax matters intersects with Akerman’s sizable presence in the financial services and real estate industries. In particular, Klein’s experience in complex real estate transactions expands Akerman’s services for international investors in lending and development projects across both U.S. and foreign markets.

Klein is the former chair of the American Bar Association’s Taxation Committee, International Section, and the former vice chair of the New York State Bar Association’s Tax Committee, International Section. She also previously served as vice president-secretary of the International Fiscal Association’s Executive Committee, U.S.A. Branch. Klein has served on the faculties of Emory University School of Law and Boston University School of Law, where she taught taxation and international law. She also has written and lectured extensively on matters pertaining to taxation and international private transactions for leading trade organizations and professional journals.