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WASHINGTON DC 20004
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Mr Scott Farmer
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Work Department
Latin America Team; Tax
Position
Scott Farmer advises clients on all aspects of international tax planning and controversy with the Internal Revenue Service. His clients include US firms engaged in non-US business activities as well as non-US firms operating within the United States. Scott frequently lectures at the World Trade Institute and the Tax Executives Institute. He also writes on international tax topics, including “Partnership Dispositions of Stock in Controlled Foreign Corporations,” 110 Tax Notes 1319 (March 20, 2006). Scott is named one of the country’s leading practitioners in taxation by Chambers USA, one of the world’s leading practitioners in international tax by Chambers Global, and a leader in mergers and acquisitions and cross-border structuring by International Tax Review’s World Tax.
Education
North Carolina State University, BA; University of North Carolina School of Law; George Washington University, Master of Laws
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Transport > Rail and road: finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Government > State attorneys general
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Industry focus > Sport
- Real estate > Real estate
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- International trade > CFIUS
- Finance > Project finance