Bloomberg BNA Recognizes International Tax Award Recipients

ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Bloomberg BNA today announced the recipients of its 2017 Author Awards for international tax, which were presented at the company's reception during the International Fiscal Association (IFA) Congress in Rio de Janeiro.  Patrick Marley of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP received the Leonard L. Silverstein Award for Distinguished Service in International Tax.  Peter Glicklich of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Ana Claudia Akie Utumi of Utumi Advogados, and Lucas de Lima Carvalho of TozziniFreire Advogados were recognized with awards for outstanding authorship.   

Patrick Marley was this year's recipient of the Silverstein Award in recognition of his longstanding contributions to the field of international tax.  The award is named in honor of Leonard L. Silverstein, a leading practitioner in the field of taxation for more than 50 years and the founder of the Tax Management Portfoliostm.

Peter Glicklich was recognized as the International Tax Contributor of the Year for multiple contributions to the Tax Management International Journal including "Lessons from Canada and the WTO: The U.S. Should Embrace a VAT," "IRS Should Allow QCIV Self-Designation Under FIRPTA," and "Canada's New Approach to U.S. LLPs and LLLPs."

Lucas de Lima Carvalho and Ana Claudia Akie Utumi received the International Tax Portfolio Author of the Year award for their work on Tax Management Portfolio Business Operations in Brazil.

"Bloomberg BNA is delighted to recognize these very accomplished tax practitioners," said Lisa Fitzpatrick, Vice President and General Manager of Bloomberg BNA Tax & Accounting.  "Patrick, Peter, Ana, and Lucas are true thought leaders in international taxation. It is such an honor to recognize the in-depth analysis and practical perspectives they have provided our subscribers for their respective jurisdictions. As the area of international taxation becomes even more complex, the practical insights of these authors and Bloomberg BNA's entire global network of more than 1,100 leading practitioners are critical to our subscribers."

Patrick Marley, a partner in the Toronto office of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, advises on tax issues associated with international tax planning, domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, corporate finance and various other tax matters. He has experience representing clients in various industries including financial services, mining, oil and gas, telecommunications, manufacturing, and technology.

"Receiving this year's Leonard L. Silverstein Award is truly an unexpected honor," said Marley. "I have been fortunate to focus my career in international tax in ways that have allowed me to contribute to developments in the field that matter to governments, to taxpayers and citizens, and to those of us who have a passion for the subject.  I am grateful for the opportunity to practice my trade with some of the country's leading tax clients, and for my long involvement with Bloomberg BNA and the Tax Management Portfolios."

Peter Glicklich is a Managing Partner in New York office of Davies, Ward, Phillips & Vineberg, LLP. He has 30 years of experience counselling corporations, institutional investors, banks, and public and private REITs on their international and corporate tax concerns. He advises on the tax implications of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, cross-border financings, restructurings, reorganizations, spinoffs, and intercompany pricing.  Glicklich holds a leadership role in the International Fiscal Association and serves on the advisory boards of a number of prominent industry publications.

"I am very pleased and grateful to have been awarded this prize," said Glicklich.  "Bloomberg BNA goes above and beyond in reaching out to its contributors and producing cutting-edge and thoughtful commentary and analysis. I am honored to have been named Contributor of the Year."

Ana Claudia Akie Utumi recently formed Utumi Advogados after serving as the head of the Tax practice group at TozziniFreire for 17 years.  She has accumulated broad experience in taxation issues in general, including those arising from cross-border deals, such as mergers and acquisitions, financial and capital markets transactions, and other international tax legislation.  

"Receiving this award from a leading publisher of tax research and news is a great honor," said Utumi.   "This recognition makes me deeply proud, especially considering that I received it here in Rio during the IFA Congress that I helped to organize.  I look forward to continuing to contribute to the Tax Management Portfolios and to any other initiatives that Bloomberg BNA may put in front of me." 

Lucas de Lima Carvalho is a Senior Tax Associate at TozziniFreire. He has broad experience in assisting Brazilian and foreign companies on tax matters, specifically international taxation, enrollment for special tax regimes, tax aspects of greenfield operations, as well as of the cross-border trade of goods and services, including transactions in the digital market.

"Bloomberg BNA is a leading publisher of high quality business and tax content from around the world, and it is an honor and a privilege to receive the Author of the Year Award, particularly at this early stage of my career and for writing on international tax law, the legal subject which I most appreciate," said Carvalho.

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