Brian Mitchell

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ABOUT BRIAN MITCHELL

More than 25 years of combined professional experience in public accounting and as a tax executive in Private Equity. A deep understanding of the tax matters impacting high growth technology and service companies and those with valuable Intellectual Property, especially those operating in jurisdictions outside of the U.S. Significant experience in tax planning, compliance, and risk management for the U.S. taxation of cross-border transactions. Operational level experience within Private Equity for both buy-side and sell-side Tax, Financial, and Legal Diligence from deal inception to deal exit. Originated and managed the tax structure for a variety of deals and deal sizes and worked across Legal, Finance, Treasury, Accounting and Valuation teams. Brings a comprehensive view of transactional tax matters and has worked on deals spanning every continent except Antarctica (although that is still a possibility). Whitley Penn’s International practice includes working with U.S. anti-deferral rules, foreign tax credits, sourcing rules, and foreign currency, and other international tax matters.Brian is Whitley Penn’s tax liaison for HLB, the firm’s global affiliation of firms that provides access to the world.