Kent P. Stackhouse

Associate

Baker & McKenzie LLP

Washington, DC

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Biography

Kent Stackhouse is a member of the Firm’s North America Tax Practice Group in Amsterdam, where he mainly practices in the area of US federal taxation of corporations. Prior to that, he was a member of the Firm’s Washington, DC office. Kent is a former teaching associate at Georgetown University Law Center for an international tax and business planning course. He also is a frequent speaker at tax conferences.

Practice Focus

Kent advises multinational clients on an array of issues involving transfer pricing, tax dispute resolution, and tax planning. He has experience with advance pricing agreements and income tax treaties, including permanent establishment matters and mutual agreement procedure resolutions. Kent handles corporate tax planning for domestic and international transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and restructurings.

Representative Legal Matters

Medtronic, Inc. v. Commissioner, TC No. 6944-11.
Represented multinational companies in unilateral and bilateral Advance Pricing Agreements involving the United States and various foreign jurisdictions, including China, India, Japan, Korea and the Netherlands.
Represented multinational companies in mutual agreement procedure matters between the United States and various foreign jurisdictions, including China, India, Korea, and Germany.
Advised multinational technology company on its global transfer pricing documentation with emphasis on EMEA (involving over 40 jurisdictions).
Advised multinational company in the food industry on strategic reorganization (involving over 40 jurisdictions).
Advised multinational company on the global restructuring relating to the spin-off of its commercial and residential security business (involving over 40 jurisdictions).
Advised multinational company on the integration of European operations relating to the acquisition of a home appliances manufacturer (involving over 25 jurisdictions).
Advised multinational company in the discount retail industry on the restructuring of Asian operations.
Advised multinational company in the aviation industry on M&A transactions.

Professional Associations and Memberships

Federal Bar Association - Section on Taxation, Young Tax Lawyers - Co-Chair (2013-2014; 2014-2015; 2015-2016)
American Bar Association - Member

Admissions

District of Columbia~United States (2014)
Florida~United States (2012)
U.S. Tax Court~United States (2012)

Education

Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M. Taxation with Distinction) (2012)
Tulane University Law School (J.D.) (2011)
University of Southern Indiana (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration) (2002)

Previous Offices

Amsterdam

Publications

Co-author, “APMA's New Model Signals Move Toward Profit Splits,” Baker McKenzie North America Tax News and Developments, Client Alert, March 6, 2019

Co-author, “OECD and European Commission Release Reports on the Digital Economy; United States Confirms Its Stance,” Baker McKenzie North America Tax News and Developments, Volume XVIII, Issue 4, May 2018

Author, "Tax Court Swiftly Rejects IRS Argument That Closing Agreement is Not Relevant in USD 3.3 Billion Transfer Pricing Case," Baker McKenzie North America Tax News and Developments, Volume XVII, Issue 10, November 2017

Presentations

Co-presenter, “Impact of US Tax Reform on non-US Tax Disputes,” Baker McKenzie’s Global Tax Disputes Forum, Milan, Italy, February 2019

Guest Lecturer, “U.S. Transfer Pricing Regulations,” International Tax Center Leiden, the Netherlands, January 2019

Co-presenter, “US Transfer Pricing Developments And Their Global Impact,” 7th Annual Africa Transfer Pricing Summit, Johannesburg, South Africa, November 2018

Co-presenter, “US Tax Reform,” Baker McKenzie’s EMEA Tax Planning and Transactions Conference, London, England, October 2018

Co-presenter, “US Policy and Tax Reform (Inbound),” Baker McKenzie London Annual Tax Seminar, London, England, May 2018

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