Lawyer Monthly Magazine - September 2019 Edition

18 WWW.LAWYER-MONTHLY.COM | SEP 2019 Lawyer Moves recent appointments DLA Piper is pleased to announce that Ulf Andresen will be joining the firm as a partner in its Tax practice, based in Frankfurt. Ulf will be joining the firm from PwC, where he headed the Frankfurt Transfer Pricing Group since 2015 and also the German Financial Services Transfer Pricing Group since 2013. He previously spent more than 11 years with another big four firm in Germany. Ulf will be joined by counsel Thomas Gericke and associate Thore Holtrichter. Ulf has substantial experience in serving multinational groups of companies in structuring their cross-border activities, assisting with the implementation of such structures in particular in post-merger integration settings, evaluating the tax accounting impact, and defending these structures in tax audits. He has particular experience in transfer pricing controversy situations, and with respect to the taxation of permanent establishments and financial services transfer pricing. Dr Benjamin Parameswaran and Dr Konrad Rohde, co-country managing partners of DLA Piper in Germany, said: “Ulf's appointment reflects our continued commitment to invest in our international Tax practice and expand our capabilities, particularly in Transfer Pricing. This area of law is becoming increasingly important, not just because of the many changes in the international tax landscape, but also because being on top of compliance is vital not only in managing tax risk but also in managing the wider business impacts that may result from non- compliant policy. We are very pleased to have someone of Ulf's calibre joining us and we look forward to working with him.” Global co-chair of DLA Piper's Tax practice, Roderik Bouwman, said: “The addition of Ulf and his team to our German tax group is not only an important expansion of our German tax team but is also a perfect fit with our rapidly growing global transfer pricing practice, in particular in the financial services sector. With Ulf and his team, we are taking a further step towards our strategic objective to offer a fully integrated international tax offering to our clients.” DLA Piper Grows Tax Practice in Germany with New Transfer Pricing Partner Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP (“Freshfields”) announced that Amna Arshad, a leading aviation and transportation regulatory expert, has joined the firm as special counsel in its Washington, D.C. office. Amna will serve in the firm’s leading antitrust, competition, and trade practice. Her addition expands Freshfields’ regulatory offering in the United States to include regulatory compliance counselling, enforcement defence, commercial aviation transactions and litigation in the aviation, aerospace, and transportation sectors. As a senior enforcement attorney at the US Department of Transportation for six years, Amna was at the forefront of US transportation regulatory efforts, drafting federal regulations and guidance materials, leading investigations of domestic and foreign airlines, and enforcing federal regulations. Amna also has several years of experience at top US Am Law 100 firms advising all types of global transportation clients – from major U.S. and foreign air carriers, to transportation start-ups, as well as Fortune 100 companies – in a variety of domestic and international transportation regulatory matters. In 2018, she was recognized by Law360 as a Transportation “Rising Star” for her expertise on aviation regulation and litigation and experience counselling major airlines on high-profile matters. “Amna is one of the most respected attorneys practising transportation regulation and litigation in the United States,” commented Paul Yde, partner in Freshfields’ US antitrust, competition, and trade group. “Her addition boosts our regulatory offering to provide our clients with the comprehensive and specialized knowledge they need when it matters most.” “I am excited to join Freshfields, a global market leader, where I can serve existing firm clients and leverage the firm’s unique cross-border capabilities in developing a global transportation and aviation regulatory practice,” said Amna. “I’m looking forward to beginning the next phase, and collaborating with a team that is globally recognized for its work on significant enforcement cases and transactions.” Amna Arshad Joins Freshfields’ Washington Regulatory Team