J. William Dantzler, Jr., is the head of the Firm's global Tax Practice. He is engaged in a domestic and international corporate tax practice, with particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions and tax controversies.

Mr. Dantzler's mergers and acquisitions experience includes numerous tax-free transactions in which White & Case provided the enabling tax opinion. Many of these transactions were cross-border acquisitions which required special structures, such as Canadian exchangeable shares. Some transactions have required unique structural solutions to accommodate the needs of sellers or to position the acquiring company for future tax savings.

Mr. Dantzler is well-known for his extensive involvement in transfer pricing. He represented a non-US automobile company in one of the first major US transfer pricing cases involving a treaty country. More recently, Mr. Dantzler has represented a major pharmaceutical company, a US high-technology company and others in transfer pricing controversies. He also advises clients on the avoidance of such controversies.

In addition to transfer pricing and other international tax controversies, Mr. Dantzler has worked on a wide variety of domestic tax controversies, including valuation and capitalization issues. He has led successful defenses to attacks by the US Internal Revenue Service on leveraged leases, captive insurance arrangements and cross-border financial products.

Mr. Dantzler also advises clients on the structuring of international and other transactions. He serves as principal outside tax counsel to several US public companies, and in that capacity advises all levels of management on a wide variety of tax issues. He also has extensive experience in advising non-U.S. companies which are forming or recapitalizing US subsidiaries and branches.

Mr. Dantzler is a frequent speaker on tax matters, and in recent years has addressed groups in the United States, Mexico, Canada, France, Italy, Japan and Puerto Rico.

Bars and Courts
US Tax Court, 1984
New York State Bar, 1980
US District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1980

Education
JD, New York University School of Law, Editor, Annual Survey of American Law, 1979
BS, Clemson University, with Honors, 1974

Professional Associations and Memberships
New York State Bar Association, Member, Committee on US Activities of Foreign Taxpayers

Awards and Recognition
Recognized by Best Lawyers in America 2012 in the area of Tax Law
Listed as "Leading Individual" in the area of Tax Law for New York by Chambers USA 2007-2011
Listed as a "Leading Individual" in the area of International Tax by Legal 500 2007 - 2011

Publications
"Spinoffs: Still Remarkably Tax Friendly", Tax Notes, Nov. 8, 2010
"Debt vs. Equity in the Partnership Context," Tax Notes, January 30, 2006
"Competent Authority Consideration in Transfer Pricing Cases," 891 Tax Management, Ch. 14, 2001

Languages
English

Citizenship
United States