Joe A. Rudberg

Joe Rudberg advises multinational companies – principally foreign clients and their U.S. affiliates – on international tax planning, helping them structure cross-border investments, transactions and operations efficiently. Based in Dallas, he draws on more than 50 years of experience to counsel businesses in the energy, consumer products and financial services sectors, as well as families and family offices navigating international tax issues.

Joe guides clients through the planning and implementation of the transactions that define a global business. He advises on international joint ventures, international construction projects, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). He also counsels clients on expanding or contracting international operations and on intellectual property (IP) ownership and licensing. For foreign energy, consumer products and financial services clients, Joe plans entry into the U.S. market and subsequent operations through foreign and domestic legal structures.

Joe's work also extends to the needs of internationally mobile families and organizations. He has recently been involved in several migrations and restructurings of multinational companies, families and family offices, including related wealth and succession planning for families with varying citizenships and tax residences. He also has significant experience with cross-border philanthropy and cross-border charitable organizations.

Teaching and professional education have long been part of his career. Joe has taught graduate-level law school courses on international tax and has organized and lectured at seminars and institutes on international legal and tax issues for organizations including Asociacion Nacional de Abogados de Empresa (ANADE), Canadian Petroleum Tax Society (CPTS), Dallas Bar Association (DBA), Practicing Law Institute (PLI), Southern Methodist University School of Law and the State Bar of Texas.

He also helped organize the DBA's International Law Section and the Southwest Chapter of the United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce (USMCOC). Joe's decades of hands-on planning, combined with his role in building the region's international legal community, give clients a seasoned perspective on consequential cross-border tax decisions.