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Thomas W. Giegerich is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP based in the New York office. He is a member of the Firm's Tax Department and the head of the tax practice in the New York office.
Prior to joining McDermott, Tom was a partner with an international law firm headquartered in New York City. He advises domestic and international clients regarding a wide range of corporate tax planning and transactional matters, including taxable and tax-free mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, corporate restructurings, cross-border joint ventures and distribution and licensing arrangements and finance transactions.
Tom has extensive experience advising on the specialized U.S. tax issues faced by foreign multinationals and foreign-owned U.S. multinationals, including tax treaty issues, repatriation strategies and transfer pricing, and has worked on numerous projects involving multi-jurisdictional tax issues. Tom also has represented clients in tax disputes before the IRS involving a variety of matters at the District Office, Appeals Office and National Office levels.
While in law school, Tom was a member on the editorial board of the Duke Law Journal.
Tom is admitted to practice in New York and the United States Tax Court. He is also a member of the Tax Section of the American Bar Association, the Tax Section of the New York State Bar Association, and the Tax Section of the U.S. Council for International Business, as well as a member of The Tax Club. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Duke Law Alumni Association, chairman of the Advisory Board of the Duke Law School Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Duke Law Club of Greater New York.
Education:
Duke University School of Law, J.D. (with distinction, Order of the Coif), 1980
New York University School of Law, LL.M., 1986
Fordham University, B.A. (summa cum laude in cursu honorum, Phi Beta Kappa), 1977 | 