Steve is Grant Thornton’s Transfer Pricing Technical Leader in its Washington National Tax Office.
Steve is a globally-recognized transfer pricing expert, with over 25 years of experience in transfer pricing planning, compliance and controversy for large multinational clients. During that time, he has been a Senior Attorney with the IRS Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) Program, a partner with a global law firm, and the transfer pricing controversy leader at Big Four Firms.
Steve’s extensive transfer pricing controversy experience covers examinations, Appeals, and alternative dispute resolution, but his main focus has been APAs and the mutual agreement procedure (MAP). With experience in well over 200 APAs, Steve is the most experienced negotiator of transfer pricing issues at any firm. He has negotiated APAs and MAP agreements across all industries and involving over sixteen countries. Steve also negotiated the first coordinated Customs ruling/bilateral APA.
Education:
New York University School of Law, LL.M.
University of Texas School of Law, J.D.
University of Notre Dame, B.B.A. (Accounting)