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Overview
JOHN PROVIDES CLIENTS WITH THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX GUIDANCE AND EXPERTISE NEEDED TO CARRY OUT A WIDE RANGE OF INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS.
John has over twenty-five years of experience advising clients on the federal income tax aspects of international and domestic mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations and restructuring, corporate distributions and other transactions with shareholders, debt and equity financings, entity formation, securitizations and structured finance.His practice focuses on business formations, joint ventures, acquisitions, combinations, sales, and tax planning. He has assisted clients with incorporations, tax-free corporate mergers, asset purchases and sales, cross-border transactions, strategic alliances, and joint ventures as well as general and limited partnerships and limited liability companies.
Experience
Client Achievements
- Washington Capital Management Acquires Great Point Investors
- BMO Capital Markets secures key funding for gold mining company
- Golden Queen Mining completes key financing
- Vista Gold equity offering provides funds to advance its Australian gold project
- Eldorado Gold buys European Goldfields to create premier gold producer
- Chaparral Gold is acquired by mining-focused private equity firm
- Golden Queen Mining forms joint venture to develop and operate the Soledad Mountain project
- SilverCrest Metals acquired in strategic transaction to enhance growth potential
News & Resources
Articles
August 22, 2022
July 05, 2022
January 31, 2022
September 27, 2021
May 26, 2021
March 23, 2021
September 23, 2020
May 19, 2020
March 27, 2020
December 2017
Loans to U.S. Subsidiaries Should Be Carefully Structured and Documented to Obtain U.S. Tax Benefits
August 18, 2017
May 12, 2017
February 24, 2017
January 10, 2017
January 6, 2012
News & Press Mentions
August 15, 2024
August 17, 2023
April 25, 2019
August 15, 2018
August 15, 2017
August 15, 2016
April 18, 2016
January 28, 2016
August 17, 2015
August 18, 2014
July 17, 2014
Events & Speaking Engagements
February 21, 2018
April 13, 2004 - April 13, 2004
Select Presentations
- Accidental Inversions
- Tax Traps Presented by LLCs in U.S.-Canada Transactions
- Online Tax Issues
- U.S. Tax Consequences Regarding Canadian-U.S. Cross-Border Acquisitions
- International Taxation of Electronic Commerce
- International Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances
- Structuring Investment in Canada by U.S. Taxpayers
- Structuring U.S. Investment by Foreign Taxpayers
- Sale of Partnership Interests by Foreign Partners
- Use of Netherlands Tax Treaty to Structure U.S. Investment
- Tax Issues Regarding Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances
- Washington Limited Liability Companies: A Canadian - U.S. Perspective
- Interpreting International Tax Treaties: A U.S. Perspective
- Identifying and Addressing Tax Issues in Cross-Border Business and Investment Transactions
Industries & Practices
Banking & Financial Institutions
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- Canada Cross-Border Transactions
- Emerging Companies
- Energy & Natural Resources
- Healthcare & Life Sciences
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Mining
- Oil & Gas
- Tax
Accolades
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America©, 2012-2025
- Named one of “America’s Leading Business Lawyers” by Chambers USA (Corporate/Commercial: Tax), 2017-2024
- Impact Deal Award, International Tax Review, 2019
- Rated AV Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell®
- Named to Leading US West Coast Lawyers by Euromoney Legal Group
- Listed as a Washington Super Lawyer, 2003-2010
- Listed in Best Puget Sound Lawyers by Seattle Business Magazine
- Listed in Top Lawyers by Seattle Met Magazine
