Biography: Corporate Tax

Leonard B Terr is a partner in the Washington, DC office of Baker & McKenzie. He has over 30 years' experience representing US and foreign-based multinationals, foreign governments, international organisations and trade associations in all phases of international tax practice, including international tax planning and transactions, transfer pricing and tax controversies involving a wide variety of industries and jurisdictions.

Mr Terr currently serves as the chair of the firm's North American tax practice group; editorial board, Tax Management International Journal; council, the International Fiscal Association - USA branch; advisory board, George Washington University - IRS International Tax Conference; steering committee, Organization of Multinational Insurance Taxation; chair, Practice Council, New York University International Tax Program; and chair, Washington International Tax Study Group.

Mr Terr served as international tax counsel, US Treasury Department; law clerk to the Chief Judge, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; and for the past 12 years has been an adjunct professor, Georgetown University Law Center.

Mr Terr is listed in Band 1 of Chambers Global - The World's Leading Lawyers; in the top tiers of Chambers USA - America's Leading Lawyers; in the "Best of the Best" in the field of International Tax - Transfer Pricing in Euromoney Legal Group's Guide to the World's Leading Attorneys; among the "Top US Corporate Tax Advisers" in the International Tax Review; and in other leading rankings directories.

Mr Terr holds an AB from LaSalle University, an AM and PhD from Brown University and a JD from Cornell University.