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Biography

Jonathan Schwarz BA, LLB (Witwatersrand), LLM (UC Berkeley), FTII is an English Barrister at Temple Tax Chambers in London and is also a Canadian Barrister, a South African Advocate and an Irish Barrister. His practice focuses on international tax disputes as counsel and as an expert and advises on solving cross-border tax problems. He is a visiting Professor at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London where he leads the LLM (International Tax Law) programme. He is the author of Schwarz on Tax Treaties 5th Ed and Booth and Schwarz: Residence, Domicile and UK Taxation 20th Ed among other publications and a contributor to Transfer Pricing and Business Restructurings: Streamlining all the way. He has been listed as a leading tax Barrister in both the Legal 500 by reference to recommendation for international corporate tax, and Chambers' Guide to the Legal Profession by reference to international transactions and particular expertise in transfer pricing. In the Chambers Guide he is commended for his ‘encyclopaedic knowledge of double tax treaties’ and described as “clearly amongst the best international tax barristers”. In Who's Who Legal UK Bar 2016, he is lauded for his “brilliant” handling of cross-border tax problems. In Chambers UK Bar 2018 he is “highly regarded for his expertise in international tax matters.” In the Legal 500 2019 he is rated as “the leading advisor on international tax treaty issues.” He was served on the EU Commission Group of experts on removing tax problems facing individuals who are active across borders within the EU from June 2014 to November 2015 and was appointed to the Permanent Scientific Committee of the International Fiscal Association in September 2016.