Douglas S. Stransky

Representative Client Work

• Structured numerous tax efficient multi-jurisdictional mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and reorganizations for public and private clients in the financial services, life sciences, manufacturing, private equity, technology and venture capital industries
• Designed cross-border financing strategies, including hybrid debt structures, for multiple domestic and foreign acquisitions and restructurings and assisted clients in the recapitalization of foreign operations to reduce foreign tax burdens and enhance foreign earnings repatriation efficiency
• Advised clients on capital loss planning, foreign tax credit utilization, foreign holding company structures, treasury and cash flow management, transfer pricing and migration of intellectual property to tax-favored jurisdictions
• Led a worldwide team of attorneys and other advisors to restructure foreign operations in 20 countries for a $2 billion public manufacturing company
• Served as lead counsel for a 10 country reorganization of a public manufacturing company
• Advised U.S. and non-U.S. clients on structuring cross-border real estate investments ranging from $10 million to $600 million
• Represented public and private clients in matters before the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, including controversies, voluntary disclosures related to offshore activities and private letter rulings  
• Counseled nonresident families on pre-immigration U.S. tax and estate planning matters

Bar & Court Admissions

• Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
• U.S. Tax Court

Publications

• Uncertainty Persists on Grandfathered Obligations Under FATCA, U.S. Practitioner Says, Worldwide Tax Daily, Quoted (May 23, 2013)
• Obama Budget Includes Reciprocal U.S. FATCA Information, Worldwide Tax Daily, Quoted (April 11, 2013)
• Washington Still Not Serious About Corporate Tax Reform, The Washington Times (March 19, 2013)
• Tax Bill for U.S. Gridlock? $3,500 Per Household, The Boston Globe, Quoted (November 8, 2012)
• The Election’s Effect on Massachusetts Business Sectors, The Boston Globe, Quoted (November 8, 2012)
• Who Will Really be Snared by FATCA?, Investment Week (August 20, 2012)
• The Fundamental Principles of Income Attribution are Not Unmoored by Section 865(e)(2), Tax Notes International (June 11, 2012)
• Nonfinancial Institutions May Be Unaware of FATCA Obligations, Practitioner Says, Worldwide Tax Daily, Quoted (May 17, 2012)
• How to Win a US Tax Dispute, International Tax Review, Quoted (May 3, 2012)
• Administration Adds New International Revenue Raisers to Green Book Proposals, Journal of International Taxation, Quoted (April 2012)
• Branch Rule Final Regs. Tweak the 'Demonstrably' Greater Contribution and Grouping Rules, Journal of International Taxation (April 1, 2012)
• Analysis of FATCA Proposed Regulations, Practical International Tax Strategies (March 31, 2012)
• U.S. Senator's Proposed Cut Loopholes Act Contains Familiar International Provisions, Worldwide Tax Daily, Quoted (February 14, 2012)
• The Challenges of Cutting the U.S. Corporate Tax Rate, International Tax Review (November 21, 2011)
• Practitioners Disappointed by Obama's International Tax Reform Proposals, Worldwide Tax Daily, Quoted (September 21, 2011)
• New Tax Haven Legislation has Implications for FATCA, International Tax Review, Quoted (July 27, 2011)
• Beyond Repatriation, Reform is Needed, Boston Business Journal (July 22, 2011)
• Whistleblowers May Take Caution From Tax Court Ruling, Tax Disputes Week, Quoted (July 13, 2011)
• Administration Recycles International Tax Proposals In FY2012 Budget, Journal of International Taxation, Quoted (May 31, 2011)
• Practitioner Describes Pervasive Reach of FATCA, Worldwide Tax Daily, Quoted (May 23, 2011)
• IRS Entices Employees to Disclose Sensitive Information, International Tax Review, Quoted (April 1, 2011)
• IRS Makes Enron Whistleblower a Millionaire, Tax Disputes Week, Quoted (March 31, 2011)
• Obama Budget Contains Familiar International Revenue Raisers, Worldwide Tax Daily, Quoted (February 15, 2011)
• An International Corporate Tax Agenda for the New Congress, Financial Executive Magazine (January 2011)
• Questions of Disclosure and Privilege Flare Up Again in US Court, Tax Disputes Week, Quoted (January 25, 2011)
• IRS Releases FTC Splitter Guidance, Worldwide Tax Daily, Quoted (December 7, 2010)
• Regs on Uncertain Tax Positions Clarified, Treasury & Risk, Quoted (October 4, 2010)
• IRS, Treasury Provide Welcome Guidance on Check-the-Box Rules, Worldwide Tax Daily, Quoted (September 8, 2010)
• Supreme Court Will Not Review First Circuit's Textron Decision, Journal of International Taxation, Quoted (August 2010)
• A Guide to the New Foreign Tax Credit Rules and Other Revenue Raisers, Worldwide Tax Daily, Quoted (August 19, 2010)
• Tax Window Stays Open, Treasury & Risk, Quoted (August 2, 2010)
• Douglas S. Stransky Quoted in Articles Discussing the Supreme Court’s Denial of Textron’s Petition, Tax Notes Today, Worldwide Tax Daily, Federal Taxes Weekly, Reuters, International Tax Review, Quoted (May 2010)
• Legislative Summary of Extenders Legislation Unveiled with Significant International Revenue Raisers, International Taxes Weekly, Quoted (May 24, 2010)
• Practitioners Discuss FATCA Provision Expanding Statute of Limitations, Worldwide Tax Daily, Quoted (May 20, 2010)
• The Good, the Bad, and the Uncertain: An Examination of the International Tax Proposals from the Obama Administration, the HIRE Act, and the Tax Extenders Bill, Practical International Tax Strategies (May 2010)
• Squeezing Foreign Firms, Boston Business Journal (May 7, 2010)
• IRS International Enforcement Extends to Cases of No Tax, Practitioner Cautions, Daily Tax Report, Quoted (April 29, 2010)
• Obama's Budget Drops Check-the-Box Repeal, Adds International Provisions, Worldwide Tax Daily, Quoted (February 2, 2010)
• All Tied Up, INSIGHT Magazine, Quoted February/March 2010
• Textron Wants Supreme Court's View on Work Product Privilege, International Tax Review, Quoted (January 2010)
• Textron, Inc. Petitions Supreme Court to Review the First Circuit’s Evisceration of the Work Product Privilege, Practical U.S./Domestic Tax Strategies (December 2009)
• The Fabulous New Substantial Contribution Test Is Made Even More Fabulous, Journal of International Taxation (December 2009)
• The Future for Tax Services: Why Regulation Threatens Non-Audit Work, International Tax Review, Quoted (November 2009)
• Joint Committee Produces Report on Obama Budget Proposals, International Tax Review, Quoted (October 2009)
• Obama Seeks to Tax Outbound Transfers of Workforce in Place, Journal of International Taxation (September 2009)
• Attorneys Predicting 'Upheaval' in Wake of Work-Product Ruling, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Quoted (August 24, 2009)
• United States v. Textron, Inc.: The First Circuit En Banc Eviscerates the Work Product Doctrine and Creates a New 'Prepared For' Test, Practical U.S./Domestic Tax Strategies (July 2009)
• Getting Personal: New K-1 Deadline Will Mean Time Crunch, Dow Jones Newswires, Quoted (June 17, 2009)
• Getting Personal: A Tax Break for Unsold GM Shares, Dow Jones Newswires, Quoted (June 5, 2009)
• Getting Personal: Stressing Over Offshore Tax Filing, Dow Jones Newswires, Quoted (June 3, 2009)
• Code Section 457A Requires Immediate Attention by Certain Sponsors of Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Arrangements, Practical U.S./International Tax Strategies (June 2009)
• Obama Proposals Could Have Drastic Impact on Leveraged Companies, Practitioner Says, Daily Tax Report, Quoted (May 21, 2009)
• Getting Personal: Obama Goes After Secret Offshore Accounts, Dow Jones Newswires, Quoted (May 5, 2009)
• Obama's Corporate Tax Proposal Panned by Advocacy Group, Investment News, Quoted (May 5, 2009)
• Obama Unveils International Tax Reforms, International Tax Review, Quoted (May 2009)
• Rhetoric Surrounding Obama's International Tax Proposals Detracts From Real Debate, Practitioner Says, Worldwide Tax Daily (May 1, 2009)
• Through the Glass [Even More] Darkly: Revisions to the Not-So-Fabulous Branch Rule, Journal of International Taxation (May 2009)
• An International Tax Wish List for the New President, Boston Business Journal (March 13, 2009)
• First Circuit Vacates Textron Work-Product Privilege Ruling and Grants Petition for Rehearing En Banc, Practical U.S./Domestic Tax Strategies (March 2009)
• Obama Sets Out to Transform Tax System, International Tax Review (February 2009)
• United States v. Textron, Inc.: A Hollow Taxpayer Victory for Privilege in the First Circuit, Practical U.S./Domestic Tax Strategies (January 2009)

Previous Publications

Teaching & Speaking Engagements

• "Establishing International Operations," Financial Executives International (FEI) (December 2012, March 2012 - 2010)
• "Entering the U.S. Market: 5 Most Important Tax and Legal Issues," Bloomberg BNA Tax & Accounting Webinar (January 18, 2012)
• "Doing Business in Canada: Key Considerations for U.S. Lawyers," Boston Bar Association (October 19, 2011)
• "5 Most Important Legal and Tax Issues When Entering and Doing Business in the U.S. Market," BusinessOulu, Oulu, Finland (October 4, 2011)
• "American and Canadian Immigration Business and Investor Visa Options and Tax Considerations," New England-Canada Business Council (March 24, 2011)
• "U.S. Tax Issues in Structuring Foreign Operations," Bloomberg BNA Tax & Accounting Webinar (February 2011 and October 2008)
• "Introduction to U.S. International Tax for Non-International Tax Professionals," Boston Bar Association (January 13, 2011)
• Douglas Stransky Interviewed on WGBH's "Greater Boston" (October 6, 2010)
• "Intermediate U.S. International Tax for Non-International Tax Professionals," Bloomberg BNA Tax & Accounting Webinar 
• "Introduction to U.S. International Tax for Non-International Tax Professionals," Bloomberg BNA Tax & Accounting Webinar 
• "International Tax Reform and the Obama Administration Proposals," International Fiscal Association (April 2010)  
• "Cross-Border Acquisition and Sale of Real Estate," Sullivan & Worcester LLP, New York (February 2010)
• "48th Annual Tax Institute," Western New England College, School of Business (November 2009)
• "Dramatic Transformations in Corporate Tax Law and the Financial Statement Implications to Your Company," Financial Executives International, Boston (January 2009)  

Awards & Honors

• Best Lawyers in America (2011-2013)
• Tax Disputes/Controversy Leaders' Guide, International Tax Review (2011, 2012)
• "Rising Star," Massachusetts Super Lawyers (2009-2012)

Professional & Civic Activities

• Lecturer in Law, Boston University School of Law, Graduate Tax Program
• Co-Chair, International Tax Committee, Boston Bar Association, 2009-2011
• Tax Section Steering Committee, Boston Bar Association
• Advisory Board, Practical U.S./International Tax Strategies
• International Fiscal Association
• International Tax Committee, National Foreign Trade Council 
• Taxation and International Law Sections, American Bar Association
• New England-Canada Business Council 
• Pro Bono Panel, Children’s Law Center of Massachusetts

Education

• LL.M., Taxation, University of Miami School of Law
• J.D., cum laude, University of Miami School of Law; Projects Editor, Miami Law Review
• B.A., cum laude, Harvard University