|
Dan Burt International Tax, Structured Finance, Litigation, Mergers and
Acquisitions, International Trusts
London, England
Tel – (0)207 353 4722
Fax – (0)207 353 4723
dburt@bsmcti.com
Dan Burt has practised law in the US, Europe and the Middle East for
37 years. His practice emphasises complex international tax
planning, international financial structures, representing clients
in tax matters before US and European tax authorities, including
Competent Authorities, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, and
international trusts. He has tried cases in US District and
Appellate courts, the US Tax Court, the US Court of Claims and
various US state courts.
Mr. Burt has actively practised international tax law for his entire
career. He began specialising in the US taxation of international
operations immediately on leaving Yale law school in 1969. He
continued this practice at the US Treasury, where he was
Attorney-Advisor to the International Tax Counsel to the US Treasury
(1970-71), and then to the Under Secretary of the Treasury for
International Tax (1971-73). In these roles he supervised the
development of legislation, regulations and IRS revenue rulings,
negotiated on behalf of the Treasury with members of Congress and
Congressional tax staffs, and on behalf of the US with foreign tax
authorities, and gave numerous speeches explaining new legislation
and regulations.
Mr. Burt taught at Boston University Law School (1973-1974) and
consulted for Deloitte & Touche on international tax in their New
York office (1973-1975) after leaving the Treasury, then formed his
own firm in 1975 to advise on both tax and commercial law involving
the US, Europe and the Middle East. His firm had offices in the US
and Saudi Arabia (Riyadh and Dhahran) from 1976 through 1980, and
represented a large number of the largest US, European and Japanese
companies operating in the Middle East, as well as a number of Saudi
companies.
In 1980 he returned to public service as President of the Capital
Legal Foundation, a free market oriented public interest law firm.
Capital litigated a number of high profile cases and worked closely
with members of Congress and the Administration on economic policy
matters. At the same time he became "of counsel" to Thorpe Reid and
Armstrong's Washington DC office, and in 1985 returned full time to
practice law, founding Burt, Maner and Miller, now Burt, Staples and
Maner, in 1986.
Mr. Burt 's Treasury experience negotiating with foreign tax
authorities led to an active practice working with various European
tax authorities, both for clients and as a pro-bono advisor on
international tax matters affecting European counties and the US. He
has carried on his activities from London since 1994.
Mr. Burt's clients have been for the most part very large global
companies, with a very heavy concentration headquartered in London.
A substantial portion of his work with them has been the structuring
of international finance for US operations, and in this role he has
planned and implemented financings in excess of 20 billion dollars
in the last few years.
He also has an active practice advising on commercial and tax
aspects of international mergers and acquisitions, especially in the
asset management area. He was lead negotiator for Global Asset
Management when UBS acquired it in 1999, and for the majority and
controlling shareholder of ebookers when Cendant acquired it in
2005.
Education & Credentials
BA – LaSalle University (1964)
MA – Cambridge University (1966)
LLB – Yale Law School (1969)
Bar Admissions
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Washington DC
Civic Activities
Honorary Fellow, St. John's College, Cambridge
Member of the Board of Governors of Godolphin & Latymer School,
(London)
|
