Profile: Edward C Osterberg Jr

Corporate Tax

Biography: Corporate Tax

Ed Osterberg is a partner in the tax section at Vinson & Elkins LLP. Mr Osterberg's practice includes all areas of business income taxation, with emphasis on corporate and partnership taxation and international transactions. He chairs the international and transactional group of the firm's tax section. Mr Osterberg advises clients on the federal tax consequences of various transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, tax-free reorganisations, corporate spin-offs and other divestitures, partnerships, foreign operations including cross-border joint ventures with non-US partners, and inbound investment into the United States.

Mr Osterberg is a fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel, a member of the executive committee of the International Fiscal Association USA Branch, and a contributing editor to The International Tax Journal, and has written and spoken extensively on various tax matters. Mr Osterberg is listed in The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers in corporate tax law, 2006; Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers in tax law, 2005-2007; The Best Lawyers in America in tax law, 1989-2006; Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers in tax law, 2003-2006; Legal Media Group's Guide to the Leading US Tax Lawyers; Legal Media Group's Guide to the World's Leading Tax Lawyers; Who's Who in America; Who's Who of Corporate Tax Lawyers; International Who's Who of Corporate Tax Lawyers; Texas Monthly as a 'Texas Super Lawyer' in tax law, 2004-2005; 2005 World Tax Review leading lawyer; International Tax Review, 2005; and H Texas as one of 'The Best Lawyers in Houston', 2004.

Mr Osterberg graduated from Northwestern University, BA and JD cum laude, and Southern Methodist University, LLM in Taxation.