Robert E Culbertson

Covington & Burling LLP

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC
USA
20004-2401
+1 202 662 5004
rculbertson@cov.com

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District of Columbia
Tax (Band 2)

Profile

Practice Areas: International tax planning and controversy resolution, focusing on foreign tax credit and deferral issues. Advises on structural and transactional tax planning; handles IRS audits, appeals, and rulings; represents clients in regulatory and legislative processes.

Career: 30 plus years international tax experience. Served as IRS Associate Chief Counsel International, where significant projects included regulations on foreign tax credits, subpart F, outbound transfers, and conduits, as well as rewrite of transfer pricing regulations and OECD guidelines. Congressional tax staffer during 1986 Tax Reform Act.

Personal: Graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School.