Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie announced today that Donna McComber has rejoined the Firm as a Principal Economist in Washington, DC.
Donna is a widely recognized transfer pricing practitioner with more than 25 years of international tax experience in the US Government and private practice, including negotiating Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) and mutual agreement procedure (MAP) cases with numerous US treaty partners. Donna has extensive experience working with multinational corporations to analyze intercompany transactions and develop creative and practical transfer pricing solutions including detailed market analyses, cost sharing agreements, intellectual property valuations, and intercompany pricing analyses for a wide range of industry sectors including financial services, automotive, technology, consumer, pharmaceutical, medical device, apparel, and retail.
Donna served in numerous positions including Assistant Director within the Advance Pricing and Mutual Agreement (APMA) Program in the US Internal Revenue Service for over 15 years, and most recently worked at a Big Four accounting firm.
"The international tax landscape has evolved considerably over the last few years as governments around the world focus on increasing tax revenue, and the result has been a sharp rise in double tax disputes,” said Salim Rahim, Chair of the Firm's North America Tax Practice Group. “Donna’s government experience, especially her work negotiating APAs with US treaty partners, will be a tremendous asset to our clients who are looking to obtain certainty."
Baker McKenzie's Tax Practice is one of the most highly regarded in the world. With more than 730 tax practitioners in over 40 countries, the practice collaborates across borders and specialties to stay abreast of changing tax landscapes worldwide. The Firm's Tax advisory practice works closely with the Firm's M&A Practice on transactions, assisting clients with post-acquisition integrations and pre-disposition restructurings, and consulting with clients on a wide variety of domestic and international tax issues.
"Donna is a seasoned transfer pricing advisor, who is well known throughout the tax community for her elite technical skills," said Maurice Bellan, Managing Partner of Baker McKenzie’s Washington, DC office. "More importantly, she has always been a highly-valued member of the Baker team and we are delighted to have her back."
“Baker has an unmatched international Tax Practice, which works on some of the most interesting and complex transfer pricing issues in the world today," Donna added. "I am thrilled to return to the collaborative and collegial work environment at Baker, which feels like home.”
Donna received her BA in Economics from the University of Mary Washington and her MA in Economics from Vanderbilt University.