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Edward C. Osterberg, Jr.

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Osterberg, Edward C.

Biography
Ed's experience includes all areas of business income taxation, with emphasis on corporate and partnership taxation and international transactions. He has served as chair of the International and Transactional Group of the firm's Tax Department, and was a member of the firm's International, Private Equity, and Energy Practice Groups.

Ed has advised corporate and individual clients on the federal tax consequences of various transactions, including mergers and acquisitions; tax-free reorganizations; corporate spin-offs and other divestitures; partnerships; foreign operations, including cross-border joint ventures with non-U.S. partners; and inbound investment into the United States by non-U.S. investors.


Representative Experience
International Transactions
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  • Advised one of the largest U.S. power companies on a proposed joint venture with a European company to combine worldwide (non-U.S.) energy assets
  • Advised one of North America’s leading providers of natural gas infrastructure in connection with its tax-advantaged repatriation of profits from Canadian subsidiaries
  • Advised a Norwegian company on its US$3.1 billion sale of an interest in oil and gas properties offshore Brazil to a Chinese buyer
Mergers and Acquisitions
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  • Advised Canadian subsidiary of a U.K. company on multiple acquisitions of U.S. power projects
  • Served as lead tax lawyer on consolidation of three oilfield service companies
  • Developed structures for combination of an oilfield service corporation with a publicly traded partnership
Divestitures
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  • Advised a publicly-traded Canadian oil and gas exploration and production company on the U.S. tax consequences of its spinoff of its energy operations in Latin America
  • Served as lead tax lawyer to a publicly-traded entertainment company on its split-off from its publicly-traded parent corporation
  • Structured sale of a Canadian company by a U.S. limited liability company to qualify for treaty relief in Canada
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

Education and Professional Background
  • Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., cum laude
  • Southern Methodist University, LL.M. Taxation
  • Northwestern University, B.A.
  • Admitted to practice: Texas; Illinois
Professional Recognition
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  • Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business in tax (corporate and international) law, 2008 - 2010
  • The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers in corporate tax law, 2006, 2008 - 2010
  • Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers in tax law, 2005 - 2009
Activities and Affiliations
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  • President: International Tax Forum of Houston
  • Vice President/Executive Committee: International Fiscal Association USA Branch
  • Fellow: American College of Tax Counsel
Publications and Presentations
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  • “New Regulations Classify Series Companies,” 37 International Tax Journal 5, January - February 2011
  • “Sales Income Derived Through a Partnership: When Is It Subpart F Income?,” 36 International Tax Journal 17, May - June 2010
  • “The Use of Series Companies in International Tax Planning,” 35 International Tax Journal 13, November - December 2009


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Edward C. Osterberg, Jr.
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Ed is "an extremely accomplished international tax planning expert." - Chambers USA 2010