Andrew Shact
Lecturer
Vice President Tax and Tax Counsel at Candela Medical
BS in Accounting with Highest Honors, Bentley University
MS in Taxation with Highest Honors, Bentley University
JD cum laude, Suffolk University School of Law
LLM in Taxation with Honors, Boston University School of Law Graduate Tax Program
Biography
Andrew Shact is a seasoned corporate tax executive with extensive experience organically building, externally acquiring, and tax efficiently restructuring multinational companies. He has a proven record delivering bottom-line tax expense reduction and cash savings. Andrew has built and revitalized tax departments at several high growth publicly traded and private equity owned US and foreign based multinational life science and technology companies with sales ranging from $500 million to $5 billion.
In these companies, Andrew favorably settled transfer pricing controversies, migrated intellectual property, and eliminated corporate restructuring exit taxes in multiple international settings. As the tax VP, Andrew also led post-acquisition integration and entity rationalization initiatives. Andrew continues to actively publish in major tax journals and has co-authored several journal articles with his mentor, Richard Ainsworth.
- Profile Types
- Faculty, Graduate Tax LLM, Lecturers & Adjunct Professors, and Part-Time Faculty
- Areas of Interest
- International Tax, Tax Efficient Corporate Restructuring, and Transfer Pricing
Publications
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Richard Thompson Ainsworth & Andrew Shact, Blockchain (Distributed Ledger Technology) Solves VAT Fraud 83 Tax Notes (2016)
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Richard Thompson Ainsworth & Andrew Shact, Transfer Pricing: The CUP -- Case Studies: Australia, US, UK, Norway and Canada 66 Tax Notes (2012)
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Richard Thompson Ainsworth & Andrew Shact, Transfer Pricing: Data Dumps and Comparability - US, UK, Canadian, and Australian Case Studies 65 Tax Notes (2012)
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Richard Thompson Ainsworth & Andrew Shact, Transfer Pricing & Business Restructurings: Intangibles, Synergies, and Shelters 63 Tax Notes (2011)
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Activities & Engagements
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