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Education

J.D., Harvard Law School, 1966, magna cum laude, President, Harvard Law Review, Vol. 79
Fullbright, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, 1963
A.B., Princeton University, 1962, summa cum laude

Bar and Court Admissions

New York
District of Columbia
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Columbia
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Tax Court
District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Other Professional Affiliations

International Fiscal Association

Member, U.S. Council for International Business

Government Experience

International Tax Counsel and Director, Office of International Tax Affairs, U.S. Department of Treasury, 1978-1981

Law Clerk to the Honorable Abe Fortas, U.S. Supreme Court, 1967-1968

Assistant to the Honorable Arthur Goldberg; U.S. Mission to the United Nations, 1966-1967

H. David Rosenbloom

Member, Washington, D.C.
(202) 862-5037
drosenbloom@capdale.com | v-card | PDF

H. David Rosenbloom is a Member in Caplin & Drysdale's Washington, D.C., office. He rejoined the firm in 1981 after serving as International Tax Counsel and Director of the Office of International Tax Affairs in the US Treasury Department from 1977 to 1981. Mr. Rosenbloom has been recognized as a Senior Statesmen by Chambers USA since 2014 and listed among "Leading Lawyers" by The Legal 500 for his work with clients in International Tax and Tax Controversies.

Services

Mr. Rosenbloom's major areas of practice include international tax planning and controversies, including transfer pricing and advance pricing agreements, the foreign tax credit and subpart F, tax treaty issues and competent authority proceedings, financial products and financial institutions, taxation of all forms of inbound investment, and individual tax compliance in a cross-border context.

Highlights

Mr. Rosenbloom has served as a Tax Policy Advisor for the US Treasury, the OECD, US AID, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank in Eastern Europe and the Baltic countries, the former Soviet Union, Senegal, Malawi, and South Africa. He has consulted with and advised foreign governments and international organizations on international tax matters, and served as an expert witness in international tax disputes in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, and Australia.

He has also written extensively on international and comparative tax topics. His most recent writings discuss the intersection of U.S. tax reform, U.S. tax treaty policy, and the OECD Project on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting.

Mr. Rosenbloom is fluent in French and Italian and has fundamental knowledge of Spanish.

Professional Activities

James S. Eustice Visiting Professor of Taxation and the Director of the International Tax Program at New York University School of Law
Lecturer on international taxation at Harvard, Stanford, the University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia Law schools, and at universities in Sydney, Vienna, Melbourne, Milan, Bergamo, Bologna, Mexico City, Mainz and Heidelberg, Neuchatel, Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro
Instructed at the University of Pretoria, the Universita del Piemonte Orientale in Italy, the Max Planck Institute in Munich, Seoul National University, Leiden University, the Public Finance Training Center in Taipei, and the OECD Multilateral Training Centres for Tax Offices from CIS and Eastern European Countries in Vienna, Ankara, and Budapest

Awards & Rankings

Chambers USA, 2008-2013; Senior Statesmen, 2014-Present
Chambers Global, 2009-2012; Senior Statesmen, 2016-Present
The Legal 500, Recommended, 2010-2012; Leading Lawyer, 2013-Present
The Legal 500, Top-Tier Firm, Tax - US Taxes - Contentious, 2010, 2015-Present
The Legal 500, International Tax Team of the Year, 2014-2015
Best Lawyers in America, 1989-Present
Above the Law, Tax Firm Power List, 2016
Expert Guides' The Best of the Best, 2009, 2011-2013, 2015
Expert Guides' World Leading Tax Advisers, 2012, 2014
Super Lawyers, Washington, D.C., 2007-Present
The Washingtonian, Top Lawyers in D.C., 2009, 2011-2012, and 2015
Acquisition International, 2013 Tax Law Firm of the Year - Washington, D.C.
Practical Law, 2010
Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent

Recent Speaking Engagements

Moderator, Brexit and its Tax and Related Impacts on U.S. Multinationals, American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, 2017 May Meeting, May 12, 2017
Panelist, Debate: What Does "Fairness" Mean and What Role Should it Play in International Tax Policy?, GWU-IRS 29th Annual Institute on Current Issues in International Taxation, December 16, 2016
Speaker, Taxes: Improving the global framework, German Federal Ministry of Finance, CEPS, November 30, 2016
Panelist, Fundamental Tax Aspects of the State Aid Controversy, International Tax Institute, November 17, 2016
Panelist, The New International Tax Landscape: Should U.S. Multinationals Be Worried?, KPMG: After the Election: Tax Overhaul for 2017, November 15, 2016
Lecturer, O Brave New World — The Looming Rethink of International Taxation in the United States, Klaus Vogal Lecture, September 23, 2016
Speaker, NYU/KPMG Tax Lecture, New York University School of Law, KPMG, April 19, 2016
Lecturer, The BEPS Project of the OECD: Implications for a Rational United States, The Norman A. Sugarman Tax Lecture, March 29, 2016
Speaker, U.S. Tax Developments/BEPS/FATCA, Tax Academy of Singapore, Tax Edge Series: U.S. Tax Developments, September 18, 2015
Panelist, In Pursuit of Tax Research for Growth, SMU-TA Centre for Excellence in Taxation, A New Equilibrium in Tax Competition and Global Tax Co-operation?", September 17, 2015
Panelist, A Fiscal Revolution, Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, September 17, 2015
The Making of Tax Policy in the U.S., The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Centre for Financial Regulation and Economic Development (CFRED), Tax Law Seminar, September 9, 2015
Moderator, Offshore Enforcement 2015: Recent Developments and Hot Topics, Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered, September 1, 2015
Speaker, Actions 8, 9, 10 and 13: Transfer Pricing, VI Congresso Brasileiro de Direito Tributario Internacional, August 20, 2015
Speaker, Tax Treaties — A Primer, National Association for Business Economics, 2015 Transfer Pricing Symposium, July 21, 2015
Speaker, The U.S. Reaction to BEPS, Heidelberg University, Mini-Symposium (IFA), July 2, 2015
Speaker, The U.S. Reaction to BEPS, Heidelberg University, Speech, July 1, 2015
Speaker, U.S. Perspective on the OECD's BEPS Project, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Speech, June 30, 2015
Presenter, U.S. Politics in a Time of BEPS, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Student Lecture, June 25, 2015
Presenter, U.S. Politics in a Time of BEPS, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Lecture, June 24, 2015
BEPS and the United States: Implications, Links, Consequences, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Lecture, June 22, 2015
The Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Evolution, Claudio Dematté Research of SDA Bocconi School of Management, Global BEPS Conference, May 26, 2015
Debate Panel: "Is the U.S. International Tax System Really Broken?", New York Law School and KPMG LLP, 15th Annual Lecture Series on Current Issues in Taxation, April 21, 2015
Faculty, Tax Planning in the U.S., WU/Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law and Akademie der Wirtschaftstreuhänder GmbH, LL.M. Program in International Tax Law, March 20, 2015
Speaker, The U.S. Reaction to BEPS, MASIT International Tax Policy Update 2015, Tax Rulings and EU State Aid Rules/U.S. and UK Perspective on BEPS, February 3, 2015
Speaker, The Implications of FATCA in Switzerland, University of Geneva, Tax Law Day, February 2, 2015
Presenter, Qualification of Arbitrators: Procedural Rules and The Role of Taxpayers, Vienna University of Economics and Business, International Arbitration in Tax Matters: Taking the Debate, January 19, 2015
Speaker, Tax Treaty Policy of the United States, The Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), November 21, 2014
Speaker, U.S. Model Treaty on Dividends, Copenhagen Business School, Tax Conference: Qualification and Withholding Taxes on Dividends, November 12, 2014
Speaker, U.S. Tax Law, Copenhagen Business School, Tax Conference: Qualification and Withholding Taxes on Dividends, November 12, 2014
Speaker, U.S. Taxation of Foreign Corporations Business Profits: and Other Code and Treaty Developments, Bloomberg BNA, Tax Treaties: Recent Developments and Emerging Issues, November 5, 2014
Panelist, Offshore Enforcement 2014: Recent Developments and Hot Topics, Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered, October 13, 2014
Speaker, International Taxation: A Curent View from the U.S., Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), August 22, 2014
Speaker, International Treaties to Avoid Double Taxation and Exchange of Information: Current Situation Between USA and Prospects for the Future, First International Forum on Taxation, The National Institute of Legal Studies and Business, August 22, 2014
Speaker, Major Issues in Cross-Border Taxation, Making of U.S. Tax Policy, ITP, New York Unviersity, August 21, 2014
Speaker, What Should Finance Do About Treaty Shopping?, International Fiscal Association (IFA) and Canadian Tax Foundation (CTF), Treaty Shopping: Anticipating Developments in Canada and Internationally, February 5, 2014
Speaker, Guest Speaker, International Fiscal Association (IFA) and Canadian Tax Foundation (CTF), Treaty Shopping: Anticipating Developments in Canada and Internationally, February 5, 2014
"What Should Finance Do About Treaty Shopping?", February 3, 2014
David Rosenbloom to Speak at Legal Affairs Group Luncheon, January 15, 2014
Scott Michel and David Rosenbloom to Speak at IFA Copenhagen 2013, August 26, 2013
H. David Rosenbloom Presents Lecture Series in Italy, May 6, 2013
David Rosenbloom Speaks at Tax Lecture Series on Tax Planning for U.S Inbound Investment, April 18, 2013
H. David Rosenbloom to Speak at the 2013 International Taxation Conference, March 1, 2013
H. David Rosenbloom to Appear before the Standing Committee on Finance, February 7, 2013
H. David Rosenbloom to Speak at 75th Anniversary of the International Fiscal Association, February 2, 2013
H. David Rosenbloom to Speak at the University of London, January 16, 2013
H. David Rosenbloom to Speak at the Wall Street Tax Association, November 26, 2012
Scott D. Michel & H. David Rosenbloom to Speak at ABA Section of Taxation's Conference on International Tax Enforcement, November 8, 2012
H. David Rosenbloom to Speak at Mumbai Law Firm, October 30, 2012
H. David Rosenbloom to Speak at NYU-ACTL US International Taxation Conference: Issues For The Years Ahead, October 23, 2012
H. David Rosenbloom to Speak at Vienna University of Economics and Business Tax Governance Conference, September 20, 2012
H. David Rosenbloom to Chair the NYU School of Law and the Amsterdam Centre for Tax Law Conference FATCA From a US and EU Perspective, June 21, 2012
H. David Rosenbloom Speaks About The Vodafone Decision Impact on US-India Investment Strategies in NYC, January 25, 2012
International Tax Policy: A Current View from the United States, August 3, 2011
Panelist, David Rosenbloom to Speak on Competent Authority Panel, George Washington University & The Internal Revenue Service, 23rd Annual Institute on Current Issues in International Taxation, December 9, 2010
Speaker, The UBS Saga and Its aftermath: Aspects of International Tax Compliance, Tax Executives Institute, Inc., Virginia Chapter Meeting, November 18, 2010
Tax in the Spotlight: Governments and Tax Directors under Pressure, September 29, 2010
Taxation and Human Rights in Europe and the World, September 16, 2010
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act in 2010 Explored, August 5, 2010
International Tax Issues Facing U.S. Taxpayers With Foreign Accounts and Their Financial Institutions, March 18, 2010
Panelist, Global Trends in Tax Reform and How These Might Impact Developments in U.S. International Taxation, Federal Bar Association, March 5, 2010
Cross-Border Tax Arbitrage: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, November 10, 2006