Bloomberg BNA And Mayer Brown To Host Tax Conference For Energy Professionals In Houston November 17-18

ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 1, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bloomberg BNA and Mayer Brown today announced they are co-hosting a tax conference for energy companies focusing on maximizing value.  The conference will be held in Houston on November 17-18 at the J.W. Marriott Hotel in downtown Houston.  Developed specifically for energy industry financial and tax leaders, the conference focuses on increasingly complex tax issues affecting today's global energy companies and will feature the latest insights and perspectives from government, advisory firm and corporate experts. 

Tax, Finance and Legal Departments at multinational energy corporations and their advisors are in a unique position to provide value by impacting the organization's bottom line.  They are tasked with helping to effectively manage tax rates, thrive in a post-BEPS world, evaluate and implement best practices in the transfer pricing area, deal with the possibility of audits and legal challenges, structure the organization to maximize value, and deal with tax issues related to operations across the globe.  Conference panels include:

• BEPS: Action Plan Update and its Potential Impacts on Shareholder Value
• Tax Issues Associated with Financial Products Used in the Energy Industry
• Cross-Border Aspects and Issues Involved in Structuring and Financing Deals
• Repatriation of Offshore Funds and the Future of Inversions
• What's New in the Master Limited Partnership Space
• A Special CFO and Tax VP Roundtable Discussion
• A Non-Tax Overview of Brazil and Mexico
• Brazil, Mexico and Latin America Tax Regimes and Reform Impacts

"Together with Mayer Brown, we have pulled together a 'best of the best' slate of speakers uniquely positioned to address the challenging tax and finance issues facing today's energy companies," said Scott Mozarsky, President, Cross Platform Businesses, Bloomberg BNA.  "This conference will help tax and financial executives tackle the most pressing issues facing their organizations while giving them the intelligence they need to contribute to their organization's bottom line."

"This conference is refreshingly different from other tax conferences," said Shawn O'Brien, Tax Partner, Mayer Brown.  "We have worked hard to assemble high level, energy industry tax executives to share their experience with complex tax issues facing energy companies."

Among the confirmed keynote speakers at the conference are:

• Kathy Robbins, Industry Director, Natural Resources & Construction, Internal Revenue Service
• Samuel Maruca, Former Director, Transfer Pricing Operations, LB&I, Internal Revenue Service

For more information on the conference and to register for the event, visit here. 

About Bloomberg BNA

Bloomberg BNA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bloomberg, is a leading source of legal, regulatory, and business information for professionals. Its network of more than 2,500 reporters, correspondents, and leading practitioners delivers expert analysis, news, practice tools, and guidance — the information that matters most to professionals. Bloomberg BNA's authoritative coverage spans a full range of legal practice areas, including tax & accounting, labor & employment, intellectual property, banking & securities, employee benefits, health care, privacy & data security, human resources, and environment, health & safety.

About Mayer Brown

Mayer Brown is a global legal services firm advising clients across the Americas, Asia and Europe. Our geographic strength means we can offer local market knowledge combined with global reach. We are noted for our commitment to client service and our ability to assist clients with their most complex and demanding legal and business challenges worldwide. We serve many of the world's largest companies, including a significant proportion of the Fortune 100, FTSE 100, DAX and Hang Seng Index companies and more than half of the world's largest banks. We provide legal services in areas such as banking and finance; corporate and securities; litigation and dispute resolution; antitrust and competition; US Supreme Court and appellate matters; employment and benefits; environmental; financial services regulatory & enforcement; government and global trade; intellectual property; real estate; tax; restructuring, bankruptcy and insolvency; and wealth management.

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