Ryan C. Ferrante Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

The Law Office of Ryan C. Ferrante focuses on assisted reproduction technology law and counsels intended parents, donors, and gestational surrogates surrogates through the complex matters of third-party reproduction from contract drafting to establishing parentage.

Chicago, Il

• Advised major financial and banking institutions and multinational corporations on issues related to tax information reporting, cost basis reporting, FATCA, tax operations, documentation review and remediation, and all matters related to domestic and nonresident alien federal withholding and reporting.• Managed compliance projects for large financial services firms including application of Section 1441, Publication 515, and reporting Forms 1099, Form 1042, and Form 1042-S to recipients and the IRS.• Counseled clients on implementing solutions to comply with their U.S. withholding and information return reporting obligations.• Conducted extensive legal research on complex tax issues to advise financial institutions on tax and information reporting matters and provide solutions to address.• Represented business clients before the IRS in tax controversy issues.• Drafted responses to challenge IRS penalty notices for large financial services firms in order to have penalties abated.• Managed wind down of a major global financial commodities brokerage firm in bankruptcy in order to ensure compliance with regulations and bankruptcy law.

Chicago, Il

Manager of tax specialist team responsible for the compliance of federal information reporting and withholding for domestic (Form 1099) and NRA (Form 1042) clients.• Led tax controversy projects including preparation of responses to federal taxing authority, information document requests, and notices. • Implemented new processes and key controls governing day-to-day activities and the cost basis functions to minimize operational risk. • Monitored legislative changes in domestic tax laws that may impact reporting compliance.• Worked in coordination with outside tax consultants and advisors to develop new policies and procedures for the tax compliance department.• Prepared payments of withholding (backup and NRA) amounts from clients’ accounts to the IRS, ensuring payments are made in accordance with policy and in compliance with the IRS payment schedule.• Retained by James Giddens, as Trustee for the Liquidation of MF Global Inc., following bankruptcy filing on October 31, 2011 to complete MF Global’s information reporting obligations.

Greater Chicago Area

Manager of team of six specialized representatives responsible for providing support to brokers and their clients.

Supervised the transition and conversion of all acquisitions to consolidate all back-office systems at Refco, LLC

Chicago, Il

Analyst of daily branch activity to monitor employee trading, client accounts, and identify compliance/legal issues.

Juris Doctor

Admitted to the Illinois bar, November 2011 Dean's Prize Recipient January 2011 CALI Award for Academic Excellence in Administrative Law.

Bachelor Of Business Administration, Finance

Activities and Societies: Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity

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