Managing Global Tax Disputes Summit 2021

Sandra Knaepen

head of unit, CbC reporting / tax certainty, OECD

Sandra Knaepen is directly responsible for work concerning dispute resolution at the OECD and will be proving the delegates with a timely update on the latest developments

 Speaking session 

Keynote address: latest developments in tax certainty

Tuesday, May 18 - 12.35 - 13.00 BST

Kim Boylan

partner, White & Case

TBC

 Speaking session 

Finding and implementing the shortest route to resolution

Thursday, May 20 - 14.55 - 15.45 BST

Jennifer Breeze

transfer pricing director, Deloitte

Jen Breeze is a Director in the London Transfer Pricing team and works on complex transfer pricing matters for a variety of clients. In addition to designing and supporting robust transfer pricing policies, she has extensive experience in all aspects of transfer pricing controversy including dealing with transfer pricing audits, resolving double tax through Mutual Agreement Procedures (MAPs) and avoiding double tax through Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs).

 Speaking session 

Managing tax disputes in uncertain times

Tuesday, May 18 - 13.20 - 14.10 BST

Nathaniel Carden

partner, international tax and tax controversy, Skadden

Nate Carden focuses on both planning and controversies arising in connection with transfer pricing and related international tax issues. Building on several years of experience as a management consultant with McKinsey & Co. and serving as a law clerk for The Honorable Diane P. Wood of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Mr. Carden specifically concentrates on the tax aspects of ongoing business operations. He works with corporate and other clients across many industries, with a particular focus on life science, health care and technology companies.

 Speaking session 

Managing tax authority relationships

Thursday, May 20 - 12.35 - 13.25 BST

Jian-Cheng Ku

partner, DLA Piper

TBC

 Speaking session 

Managing tax authority relationships

Thursday, May 20 - 12.35 - 13.25 BST

Sam Dames

tax partner, CMS

TBC

 Speaking session 

Talking to the board about the risks of disputes

Thursday, May 20 - 13.45 - 14.35 BST

Nigel Dolman

principal, Baker McKenzie

Nigel co-leads both the Transfer Pricing and Tax Disputes teams in London. He also leads the Valuations practice. He joined the Firm in 2009, having previously worked in EY's transfer pricing and supply chain team for 10 years. Nigel advises clients on global transfer pricing matters, focusing on the design and defence of transfer pricing policies. Nigel has focussed heavily on Tax Disputes over the last few years and has successfully settled a number of high-value, high-profile audits. He has also helped clients to implement business restructuring arrangements with tax effective transfer pricing designs.

 Speaking session 

Transfer pricing and related tax disputes activities

Tuesday, May 18 - 14.30 - 15.20 BST

Jessica Eden

partner, Baker McKenzie

Jessica is a Partner and co-leads the Tax Disputes team in London. She is a tax lawyer as well as an accredited CEDR accredited mediator. She has a wealth of experience in handling HMRC investigations into complex international structures, concerning questions of transfer pricing, interest deductibility and double tax treaty relief. In addition to her broad international tax enquiries practice, seeking to achieve resolution through negotiated settlement and other ADR techniques, Jessica also acts on cases in the Tax Tribunal and higher courts involving domestic UK corporation tax matters and advises clients on defending their public law rights through Judicial Review in the administrative courts.

 Speaking session 

Transfer pricing and related tax disputes activities

Tuesday, May 18 - 14.30 - 15.20 BST

David Forst

partner, Fenwick & West

David focuses on international corporate taxation. David has been named 2021 Tax Leaders by the International Tax Review’s Tax Leaders Expert Guide. David is included in Euromoney’s Tax Advisors Expert Guides (World’s Leading Tax Advisors, World’s Leading Transfer Pricing Advisors and was named one of the Top 30 U.S. Tax Advisors). He is also in The Legal 500 Hall of Fame and is regularly recognized in the Law and Business Research’s International Who’s Who of Corporate and Tax Lawyers. David is listed in Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business, and has been named a Northern California Super Lawyer in Tax by San Francisco Magazine.

David is a lecturer at Stanford Law School and UC Berkeley Law School where he focuses on international taxation. He is an editor of and regular contributor to the Journal of Taxation, where his publications have included articles on international joint ventures, international tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, the dual consolidated loss regulations, and foreign currency issues. He is a regular contributor to the Journal of Passthrough Entities, where he writes a column on international issues. David is a frequent chair and speaker at tax conferences, including the NYU Tax Institute, the Tax Executives Institute, and the International Fiscal Association.

 Speaking session 

Digitalisation, disputes and double taxation

Wednesday, May 19 - 13.45 - 14.35 BST

Brian Gleicher

partner, White & Case

TBC

 Speaking session 

Finding and implementing the shortest route to resolution

Thursday, May 20 - 14.55 - 15.45 BST

Mike Knobler

associate, Fenwick & West

Michael concentrates his practice on a broad variety of tax matters.

During law school, Mike was an articles editor for the Yale Law Journal.

Prior to joining Fenwick, Mike was an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of a global law firm, where he worked on issues arising in all areas of the firm’s international corporate tax practice. He clerked for the Honorable Susan G. Braden at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

 Speaking session 

Digitalisation, disputes and double taxation

Wednesday, May 19 - 13.45 - 14.35 BST

Emmanuel Llinares

head of global transfer pricing, NERA Consulting

Dr. Llinares is the Head of NERA’s Global Transfer Pricing Practice, based in Paris. He is an economist specializing in inter-company pricing, valuation, and intellectual property analyses. For twenty years, he has advised multinational companies on defining and implementing their intra-group pricing policies and has assisted them with design, documentation, and tax audit defense. Dr. Llinares also assists clients in the context of commercial or intellectual property-related litigation.

Dr. Llinares has managed intercompany pricing projects for multinationals in a wide range of industries, including transportation, energy, chemical, luxury goods, fashion, financial services, health care, real estate, media and entertainment, and food and beverage. He has also managed the economic analyses aspects of a large number of tax-related audits in Europe and other regions. He is considered by Euromoney to be one of the world's leading transfer pricing advisors.

Prior to joining NERA, Dr. Llinares was an economist with Arthur Andersen in London and with the KPMG Tax network in Paris. He is a former lecturer at the Economics Department of the University of Delaware and at the Ecole Supérieure de Gestion, a business school in Paris. Dr. Llinares has a PhD in economics from the University of Delaware and a doctorate in economics from the University of Lyon. He publishes frequently on the subject of transfer pricing and valuation.

 Speaking session 

Handling international tax disputes

Wednesday, May 19 - 12.35 - 13.25 BST

Niraja Srinivasan

director, NERA Consulting

Dr. Niraja Srinivasan assists multinational companies and law firms with expert economic analysis and dispute resolution in transfer pricing for intellectual property and global supply chains. She has over 20 years of experience leading global transfer pricing strategy and risk mitigation for Fortune 50 companies in an extensive range of industries that include IT infrastructure manufacturing, software and digital services, consumer goods manufacturing and retail, energy services, and pharmaceutical/medical device manufacturing. Prior to joining NERA, Dr. Srinivasan was a Vice President in Dell Technologies’ Global Tax group.

Dr. Srinivasan has deep experience in identifying, implementing, and defending cashflow-generative transfer pricing policies and operational changes in the context of corporate restructuring, M&A planning, post-deal integration, and privatization. She has negotiated numerous Advance Pricing Agreements (APA) in Asia, Europe, and North America and secured favorable audit settlements while maintaining trustworthy business-tax administration relationships. She has created world-class transfer pricing models for a variety of intercompany financial transactions including cash pools, term loans, swaps, and financial and parent guarantees.

Dr. Srinivasan is an Adjunct Professor at Texas A&M University School of Law and the Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association Tax Section’s Transfer Pricing Committee. She received her PhD in economics and MA in public policy and management from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She has published several articles on transfer pricing, taxation and ESG and is a frequent speaker at conferences.

 Speaking session 

Handling international tax disputes

Wednesday, May 19 - 12.35 - 13.25 BST

Samir Yahiaoui

director, tax, Deloitte

Samir Yahiaoui is an International Tax director in Deloitte’s FTSE team. In recent years, he has been heavily involved in many in-depth tax investigations of specific domestic or international issues including transfer pricing and diverted profits tax, treasury related tax issues, and complex intangibles and capital gains matters. As a result, he has considerable experience of negotiating and dealing with HMRC at all levels. Samir also advises on the tax aspects of private and public mergers, acquisitions, disposals and joint ventures and on business and transaction structuring more generally. His clients are primarily complex multinationals groups, with a focus on UK listed groups in particular.

 Speaking session 

Managing tax disputes in uncertain times

Tuesday, May 18 - 13.20 - 14.10 BST

Darren Meredith

VP tax planning, BP

TBC

 Speaking session 

Managing tax disputes in uncertain times

Tuesday, May 18 - 13.20 - 14.10 BST

Carlos Enrech

head of tax UK&I, Ferrovial

Carlos Enrech is the head of tax of Ferrovial in the UK and Ireland. Ferrovial in the UK and Ireland represents a consolidated turnover of £4bn, 17,000 direct employees, total tax contribution in the UK of £400M, and it is a participant in UK critical projects and investments. Carlos is an attorney-at-law, qualified accountant and corporate tax adviser in the area of reorganizations, M&A, digital content and technology, international tax and sustainable infrastructure. He is a recognised in-house tax adviser and has contributed to the International Bar Association, American Bar Association and ITR over more than 25 years.

 Speaking session 

Digitalisation, disputes and double taxation

Wednesday, May 19 - 13.45 - 14.35 BST

Gerard Franklin

Managing Director – Tax, Accounting & Treasury, Tishman Speyer

TBC

 Speaking session 

Talking to the board about the risks of disputes

Thursday, May 20 - 13.45 - 14.35 BST

Catherine Harlow

head of transfer pricing, AstraZeneca

TBC

 Speaking session 

Transfer pricing and related tax disputes activities

Tuesday, May 18 - 14.30 - 15.20 BST

Mark Houtzager

EMEA tax leader, Starbucks

TBC

 Speaking session 

Managing tax disputes in uncertain times

Tuesday, May 18 - 13.20 - 14.10 BST

Giolla Kiely

head of tax, CDB Aviation

TBC

 Speaking session 

Talking to the board about the risks of disputes

Thursday, May 20 - 13.45 - 14.35 BST

Donata Koren

global head of tax, Zalando

TBC

 Speaking session 

Digitalisation, disputes and double taxation

Wednesday, May 19 - 13.45 - 14.35 BST

Erik Knijnenburg

global head of tax and TP, H&M

Before taking his current position as Head of Group Tax & Transfer Pricing, Erik was working as Country Manager for H&M in The Netherlands. His move from a commercial position in a country to the current central position has everything to do with the view central management has on the responsibilities and performances within the area of TP and taxation. The latter function is merely seen as a part of the total public affairs and CSR of The H&M Group.

The H&M Group embraces a pro-active attitude in the field of tax & TP and as a result Erik holds a wide experience in all procedures available to avoid or resolve disputes going public. Erik is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

 Speaking session 

Handling international tax disputes

Wednesday, May 19 - 12.35 - 13.25 BST

Finding and implementing the shortest route to resolution

Thursday, May 20 - 14.55 - 15.45 BST

Greg Leathes

Head of Tax EMEA, LEGO Group

TBC

 Speaking session 

Managing tax authority relationships

Thursday, May 20 - 12.35 - 13.25 BST

Don Maher

vice president taxes, Mohawk Industries

TBC

 Speaking session 

Transfer pricing and related tax disputes activities

Tuesday, May 18 - 14.30 - 15.20 BST

Massimo Mojana

head of tax, IMI Hydronic Engineering

TBC

 Speaking session 

Handling international tax disputes

Wednesday, May 19 - 12.35 - 13.25 BST

Parmesh Rajani

head of transfer pricing, Kingfisher

TBC

 Speaking session 

Managing tax authority relationships

Thursday, May 20 - 12.35 - 13.25 BST

Jose Olvera Salcedo

head of tax, Hitachi Europe

Jose is an International Tax specialist with more than 20 years of experience. He joined Hitachi Europe in 2015 where he is responsible for operational tax and transfer pricing matters, tax strategy, governance and risk management in the EMEA region. Before joining Hitachi, Jose worked at Harris Corporation as EMEA Tax Manager, looking after the company’s regional tax affairs. Prior to this, he worked for more than 11 years at PwC, based in Mexico City, Washington DC and London. During his time at PwC Jose advised companies in a wide range of business sectors. Jose holds a Bachelor’s degree in accounting, is a certified public accountant and has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration.

 Speaking session 

Talking to the board about the risks of disputes

Thursday, May 20 - 13.45 - 14.35 BST

Markus Schneider

global tax manager, group TP controversy, Bayer

TBC

 Speaking session 

Transfer pricing and related tax disputes activities

Tuesday, May 18 - 14.30 - 15.20 BST

Kamila Szydlowska

senior tax director EMEA, Bausch Health Companies

TBC

 Speaking session 

Handling international tax disputes

Wednesday, May 19 - 12.35 - 13.25 BST

Josh White

acting managing editor, ITR

Josh manages transfer pricing, BEPS, tax disputes and other direct tax matters for ITR's online and print audience. He covers a range of tax issues in these areas and how companies are dealing with them, as well as the influence of politics on tax developments.

 Speaking session 

Managing tax authority relationships

Thursday, May 20 - 12.35 - 13.25 BST