Tax Section

8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Business Meeting and Election of Officers

Mercury Ballroom, Third Floor CONCURRENT MORNING SESSIONS

9:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

1A. Partnership

Mercury Ballroom, Third Floor

Speaker

David H. Schnabel, Esq. | Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP New York, NY

Meyer H. Fedida, Esq. | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP New York, NY

Jen Ray, Esq. | Deloitte Tax LLP Arlington, VA

Sarah Haradon, Esq. (Invited) | Office of Tax Policy, Department of the Treasury Washington D.C.

Richard Blumenreich (Invited) | Special Counsel in the Office of the Associate Chief Counsel (Passthrough & Special Industries Internal Revenue Service

1.5 Credits in Areas of Professional Practice

9:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

1B. State/Local

Rendezvous/Trianon, Third Floor

Speaker

Jack Trachtenberg, Esq. | Deloitte Tax LLP New York, NY

Alysse B. McLoughlin, Esq. | Jones Walker LLP New York, NY

Elizabeth Pascal, Esq. | Hodgson Russ LLP New York, NY

Irwin M. Slomka, Esq. | Blank Rome LLP New York, NY

1.5 Credits in Areas of Professional Practice

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Break

10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

2A. Corporate Tax- It Will Never Be Perfect, but Let’s Make It Work Better: Recent Guidance on Spin-Offs and CAMT

Mercury Ballroom, Third Floor

This panel will discuss practical implications of recent guidance issued by the Treasury and the IRS under Section 355 and the CAMT. Section 355 topics will include allocation of liabilities between Distributing and Controlled and other significant ramifications of recent guidance on spin-off planning. CAMT topics will include open questions regarding the treatment of M&A, consolidated returns, and troubled companies.

Speaker

Sara Zablotney,Esq. | Kirkland & Ellis LLP New York, NY

Shane J. Kiggen, Esq. | Earnst & Young LLP Washington D.C.

Colin Campbell, Esq. (Invited) | Associate Tax Legislative Counsel Department of the Treasury (Office of Tax Policy) Washington D.C.

Mark A. Schneider, Esq. (Invited) | Associate Chief Counsel (Corporate) Internal Revenue Service Washington, DC

Davis Wang, Esq. | Sullivan & Cromwell LLP New York, NY

1.5 Credits in Areas of Professional Practice

10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

2B. Debt Financing

Rendezvous/Trianon, Third Floor

Speaker

Bora Bozkurt, Esq. | Latham & Watkins LLP New York, NY

James R. Brown, Esq. | Ropes & Gray LLP New York, NY

Pamela Endreny, Esq. | Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP New York, NY

Jeffrey W. Maddrey, Esq. | Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP Washington D.C.

Erika Nijenhuis, Esq. (Invited) | Senior Counsel, Office of Tax Policy U.S. Department of the Treasury Washington, DC

1.5 Credits in Areas of Professional Practice

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Luncheon (Additional fee applies)

Grand Ballroom, Third Floor

Speaker

Glenn Hubbard | Columbia University

No CLE Credit

AFTERNOON SESSION

2:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Current Topics in International Tax

Grand Ballroom, Third Floor

Speaker

Peter Blessing, Esq. (Invited) | Associate Chief Counsel (International) Internal Revenue Service Washington, DC

Wade Sutton, Esq. | Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP Washington D.C.

Kristen Gamboa, Esq. | KPMG LLP Orlando, FL

Ansgar A.Simon, Esq. | Covington & Burling LLP New York, NY

James S. Wang (Invited) | Deputy International Tax Counsel Department of the Treasury

2.0 Credits in Areas of Professional Practice

4:15 p.m. – 5:35 p.m.

New York City Taxes & New York State Taxes Joint Committee Meeting/High Tea

Murray Hill East, Second Floor

No CLE Credit

Section Chair

Jiyeon Lee-Lim, Esq. | Latham & Watkins LLP | New York, NY