William B. Sherman, Chair of the Firm's Tax Team, practices in the area of domestic and international taxation. He has provided sophisticated tax planning for mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, joint ventures and investments for clients in such diverse industries as hospitality, petrochemicals, aluminum, tobacco, real estate, transportation, telecommunications, retailing, investment management, pharmaceuticals, and numerous others. In addition, Mr. Sherman has experience in a broad range of transactions involving U.S. investment overseas, foreign investment in the U.S., as well as international, federal, state and local taxation issues involving corporate reorganizations, partnerships, equipment leasing, Subchapter S, executive compensation, stock options, and trusts and estates.
Mr. Sherman is a well known lecturer. He chairs New York University's Summer Institute in Taxation's Introductory and Advanced International Tax Seminars and its Institute on Federal Taxation International Tax Program. He has served on numerous panels for organizations such as the American Bar Association, The Florida Bar, New York University and the International Tax Institute. He also has been a National Reporter for the International Fiscal Association World Congresses in 1987 and 1991 and an adjunct lecturer in taxation in the Bernard M. Baruch College Department of Accounting M.B.A. Program.
Mr. Sherman is a contributing author to U.S. Taxation of Foreign Controlled Businesses, Warren, Gorham & Lamont (1995) and Foreign Investment in the United States, John Wiley and Sons (1989). He has authored recent articles for Tax Management International Journal, Tax Practice and Accounting News, The Florida Bar Journal, and the Journal of Taxation.