Ozzie Schindler's international tax practice includes all aspects of international tax planning, both private client tax planning (pre-immigration, structuring U.S. investments, expatriations, etc.) and corporate (mergers and acquisitions, global tax minimization, e-commerce, controversy matters, etc.).
Areas of Concentration
· Off-shore tax and estate planning
· Pre-immigration and expatriation tax planning
· Structuring U.S. investments of non-U.S. persons
· Acquisition, ownership and disposition of U.S. real estate
· Tax planning for U.S.-based multinational companies on foreign operations
· Structuring cross-border acquisitions, joint ventures and other business combinations
· Representing clients in controversy matters with the IRS
Professional & Community Involvement
· Assistant Director (International Tax), Florida Bar Tax Section
· Florida Bar Co-Chair, Florida Bar / FICPA International Tax Conference
· Chair of Taxation of Multinationals (Conferences for Tax Executives)
· Member, American Bar Association
· Member, The Florida Bar
· Member, New York State Bar Association
Awards & Recognition
· Listed, Chambers Global, Corporate/M&A, 2008-2009, 2011-2012
· Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Tax Law, 2006-2012
· Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Florida Super Lawyers, 2006-2012
· Listed, Chambers USA Guide, 2004-2011
· Listed, Chambers & Partners Latin America, Corporate M&A, 2009
· M&A Deal of the Year Award, Latin Lawyer magazine, 2008
· Listed, Legal 500 United States, 2007-2009, 2011
· Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards for International Business Transactions and Family Law
Articles, Publications, & Lectures
Articles
· Co-Author, "Preparing for FATCA," STEP Journal, Volume 19, Issue 7, August 2011
· Co-Author, "Another Step Towards Uniformity-Relative Consensus of the OECD TAG on Income Characterization on E-Commerce Transactions," 30 Tax Mgmt. Int'l J. 6 (2001)
· Co-Author, "Mostly Old, Something New: Final §367 Regulations on Outbound Transfers of Stock and Securities and Foreign Corporations and Indirect Stock Transfers," 39 Tax Mgmt. Mem. S-235 (spec. ed. 1998)
Books
· Co-author, U.S. Corporations Doing Business Abroad, 2003-2005 editions
· Author, International Taxation of E-commerce, United Nations Commission on Trade and Development, 2001
Miscellaneous
· Co-author, BNA Portfolio: Passive Foreign Investment Companies, 2005