Vp & Sr. Global Tax Counsel
Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area
Created the first tax department in the cruise industry and successfully restructured both the department and corporate operations to transition from being controlled foreign corporations with deferral, to a controlled foreign corporation without deferral, through the repeal of subpart F as it relates to shipping, and to structure the organization as the only dual listed company in North America.Provided successful representation before various executive and legislative agencies, including the United Nations, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, European Commission, United Kingdom Treasury, United States Congress, Treasury and Internal Revenue Service, the Australian Tax Office and others on domestic, international and treaty tax matters.Developed many technical and operational provisions that became standard throughout the industry.