Leonard B. Terr

A.B., LaSalle College; A.M., Ph.D., Brown; J.D., Cornell. Professor Terr is a Partner with the firm of Baker & McKenzie, where he focuses on domestic and international taxation of multinational corporations, with emphasis on international tax planning, transfer pricing, and tax controversies. Professor Terr has over 25 years of experience representing U.S.-based and foreign-based multinationals, foreign governments, international organizations and trade associations in all phases of international tax practice. He has served as a Consultant to the American Law Institute Project on Tax Treaties, and as an adviser or board member for Tax Notes International, Tax Management International Journal, The Journal of Corporate Taxation, and the Hartford Institute on Insurance Taxation. He is a member of the International Fiscal Association and was U.S. National Reporter for the 1986 and 1990 Congresses. He sits on the American Bar Association Tax Section's Foreign Activities of U.S. Taxpayers Committee and has chaired the Section 367 Subcommittee and currently chairs the Source Subcommittee. He serves on the Tax Section's Task Force on Global Tax Policy. He has chaired the Washington International Tax Study Group since 1990, and lectures and publishes widely on international tax matters. Professor Terr served as International Tax Counsel of the U.S. Department of the Treasury and headed the U.S. delegation in the negotiation of the current U.S.-Germany tax treaty, in addition to over a dozen other U.S. tax treaties and protocols. He directed Treasury's work on international tax legislation and regulations, the transfer pricing White Paper and other U.S. and OECD international tax policy initiatives.

Professor Terr has served as a Consultant, American Law Institute project on Tax Treaties; current or former editorial board member, Tax Notes International, Tax Management International Journal, The Journal of Corporate Taxation, Hartford Institute on Insurance Taxation; member, former U.S. National Reporter, International Fiscal Association; former Chair, ABA, Tax Section Foreign Activities of U.S. Taxpayers Committee, Section 367 Subcommittee, Source Subcommittee; member, Task Force on Global Tax Policy; Chair, Washington International Tax Study Group. He currently serves on Baker & Mckenzie's North American Tax Practice Group Management Committee. Professor Terr is a member of the International Fiscal Association, sits on the IFA-USA Council, and was U.S. National Reporter. Mr. Terr sits on the American Bar Association Tax Section's Foreign Activities of U.S. Taxpayers Committee and has served as Chairman of the Section 367 Subcommittee and currently chairs the Source Subcommittee.