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Robert Christoffel is a Counsel in the Tax, Compensation and Employee Benefits group of Saul Ewing LLP, where he advises clients on U.S. domestic and cross-border transactional as well as international tax matters. Public and private companies and private equity funds look to him to structure and negotiate taxable and tax-free corporate mergers and acquisitions (share and asset deals), reorganizations (including spinoffs), dispositions of ongoing business enterprises, and investments into domestic and foreign portfolio companies. He also negotiates and drafts tax provisions connected with transactions involving membership interest purchases, joint ventures, and formations of partnerships, and limited liability companies. Robert’s practice includes advising companies on tax issues and regulatory compliance obligations affecting their day-to-day operations, including structuring intercompany transactions of multinational companies. Where appropriate, Robert works with counsel in other jurisdictions to develop efficient cross-border transactional and operational structures. He has practice assisting clients in preparing for and defending against audits and litigated matters and is constantly monitoring and assessing recent developments in U.S. and global tax reforms, including OECD Pillar I and II efforts, digital taxes, and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R.1). Robert is a member of the International Bar Association and this year’s National Reporter for the United States. He also is a speaker on tax matters to organizations such as New York University’s Summer Institute in Taxation, the D.C. Bar Association, and the U.S.-Mexico Bar Association, and is an author of various articles and publications on tax matters. His work advising multinational companies on U.S. international and foreign tax issues is shaped by his experience working at international law firms, both in the United States and Germany. Robert is a fully qualified German lawyer, having passed both German bar exams, and holds law degrees from the University of Duesseldorf, the University of Miami, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore.