Douglas S. Stransky

Biography

Douglas S. Stransky is a tax partner and head of the International Tax Practice in the Boston office of Sullivan & Worcester LLP. Mr. Stransky concentrates his practice on international tax planning for multinational clients in the financial services, life sciences, manufacturing, private equity, technology, and venture capital industries, with a particular emphasis on US-based clients investing in foreign jurisdictions. He has advised a broad range of publicly traded and privately held multinational clients in structuring tax efficient international mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and reorganizations and designing cross border financing strategies and foreign holding company structures. He also assists companies with foreign tax credit utilization, foreign treasury and cash flow management, recapitalization of foreign operations to enhance foreign earnings repatriation efficiency and reduce foreign tax burdens.

Mr. Stransky is a former co-chair of the International Tax Committee of the Boston Bar Association, a member of the Board of Advisors for Practical US/International Tax Strategies, a frequent speaker and author on numerous topics related to US international tax, and is listed in Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers, Legal500, and Chambers USA. Prior to joining Sullivan & Worcester, Mr. Stransky was the director of International Tax Services and a member of the National Outbound Team at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Mr. Stransky holds a BA cum laude from Harvard University and a JD cum laude and LLM (Taxation) from the University of Miami School of Law. He is admitted to the Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the US Tax Court and the US District Court, District of Massachusetts.