Transfer Pricing - Meril Markley
Meril Markley is a Principal with UHY Advisors TX, LLC, and is a licensed attorney in the state of Pennsylvania.
Professional Experience:
- International tax planning for cross-border investments
- Outbound transactions and investments from the U.S.
- Cross-border acquisitions and joint ventures
- Offshore structures for manufacturing, intangibles, leasing, services
- Tax planning for inbound investments into the U.S., primarily from Latin America and Europe
Industry experience includes
- Manufacturing
- Technology
- Retail
- Financial Services
- Energy
- Filmed Entertainment
Background:
- B.A. in Music from Vassar College (Phi Beta Kappa)
- Graduate Certificates (Maguire Fellow) from Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (Vienna, Austria)
- J.D. from University of Cincinnati College of Law
- LL.M. in Transnational Business and Tax from Pacific McGeorge School of Law (Sacramento, CA and Salzburg, Austria).
- Joined the firm in 2007 after two years on the staff of Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee.
- Spent a total of 17 years with two of the Big 4 international accounting firms in Los Angeles, Paris, New York and Houston.
- Recognized by International Tax Review as a leading practitioner.
Foreign Languages:
- Fluent in Spanish and French
- Reading knowledge of German, Italian, Portuguese
Active and Prior Professional Memberships Include:
- Member of the Bar of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- Tax Section of the American Bar Association
- International Bar Association
Active and Prior Civic Memberships Include:
- Board of Trustees of the Houston Grand Opera
- International Board of Advisors of Pacific McGeorge School of Law
- International Chambers of Commerce in Houston
- Los Angeles Master Chorale
Selected Speaking Engagements:
- International Tax Update – Confronting a World of Changes
- International Tax – Being Global in Tumultuous Times
- Recommendations on International Tax Policy and Transfer Pricing (to foreign governments)
- The Origins and Evolution of Taxation – Toward a Global Economy
- Tax Productivity: International Tax and Enterprise Risk (in Spanish)
- Tax Strategies for Investment in Latin America (in French)
- Integrated Tax Planning for the Americas
- The World May be Flat but Taxes Aren’t – An Introduction to Transfer Pricing
- International Tax Update
- Tax Planning Using Treaties (in Spanish)
- U.S. Tax Limitations on Deferral of Foreign Income (in Spanish)
- Cross-Cultural Training for Doing Business in France
- Cross-Cultural Training for Doing Business in Germany
- U.S. Tax Appreciation Course (in French)
- Income Tax Aspects of Selling in Europe
- Investment Strategies for the U.S. from a Tax Perspective (in German)
- Latin America - Regional Tax Strategies for European Investors
- Structuring the Deal - Indispensable Tax and Accounting Strategies
- The European Business Experience – a Personal View from the Front
Selected Professional Publications:
- Does Your Business Plan Account for International Tax? (Growth Magazine)
- Transfer Pricing: a World of Changes (UHY International Business)
- Transfer Pricing and the Middle Market Multinational – Keeping up with a World of Changes (Business in the Eye of the Storm)
- TaxNewsFlash-Americas (Contributing Editor)
- Modern Lessons from Ancient Internal Controls (Accounting Today)
- Expanding to Foreign Markets – Tax Implications for Technology Companies (Global Technopolis Study)
- Doing Business in France (Editor)
- Tax Considerations in Planning an Acquisition in Brazil (Practical Latin American Tax Strategies)
- Performing Tax Due Diligence is a Must When Making Acquisitions in Mexico (U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Reporter)
- International Tax Planning for the Entertainment Industry (NYU Institute on Federal Taxation)
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