TEI & Thomson Reuters Present: Taxes & Tariffs in the Summer of 2025

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Wednesday, July 16, 2025 - 12:00 - 1:00 pm EST

Join TEI & Thomson Reuters for a free and insightful webinar: Taxes & Tariffs in the Summer of 2025!

Moderator:

Benjamin R. Shreck: Tax Counsel, TEI

Benjamin R. Shreck is a Tax Counsel for TEI. In this role, his responsibilities include supporting the activities of TEI’s U.S. International and European Direct Tax Committees in their advocacy and educational efforts on behalf of the Institute.  Ben has extensive experience in a wide range of U.S. international and multilateral tax issues.  In his role as Tax Counsel for TEI, Ben has assisted the Institute in filing comments with the United States Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service regarding the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, revisions to the revenue procedures for advance pricing agreements and requests for competent authority assistance, the U.S. Country-by-Country reporting regulations, and submitting items for the Institute’s annual liaison meetings with U.S. government officials. With respect to the Institute’s European Direct Tax Committee, he has been active in submitting comments to the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development regarding its Base Erosion and Profit Shifting project, its work on the transfer pricing aspects of intangible assets, and the definition of a permanent establishment under the OECD’s model tax convention.  Ben has presented at several OECD public consultations in Paris on issues surrounding the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Project.  Ben has also assisted the Institute in submitting comments to the European Union, United Nations, United Kingdom, Ireland, and the Government of India.

Ben joined the Institute’s legal staff in 2010. Prior to joining the legal staff, Ben was an attorney with the Washington, D.C., offices of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, and King & Spalding LLP, where he practiced in the areas of international taxation and the taxation of financial products. Ben received his B.A. in Economics from Stanford University, his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, and his LL.M. in Taxation from Boston University, where he was the valedictorian.

Speakers:

Kathy Pakenham: Partner - Tax, Vinson & Elkins

Kathy is Co-Head of the firm’s Tax Controversy Practice. She is one of the nation’s most sought-after tax controversy lawyers. She has represented clients in major tax controversies relating to a full range of tax issues, with particular emphasis on partnership tax, transfer pricing, valuation, and tax procedure. Kathy has extensive experience advising clients at the pre-litigation phase, in particular examinations and administrative appeals under the centralized partnership audit regime under the Bipartisan Budget Act. She also represents clients involved in internal and governmental investigations, in addition to state and federal trial and appellate matters. Her clients include Fortune 500 companies and large partnerships in diverse sectors such as banking, energy, private equity, technology, and pharma.

Stephanie Stocker - Senior Director, Global Trade Management, Thomson Reuters