Erik Christenson has practiced in the area of general international tax planning for businesses for nearly twenty-five years.

Erik is a member of the steering committee for the Northern California chapter of the International Fiscal Association (IFA), sits on the Permanent Scientific Committee for IFA USA, and is a past and current author of the U.S. report for the annual IFA Cahier. Erik is the liaison to Baker & McKenzie's Global Tax Practice Group for the Technology Industry Group.

Erik advises multinational corporations — both US and foreign-based — on all aspects of the taxation of international structures and cross-border transactions and operations. He represents clients in various industries, including online services and e-commerce, software, manufacturing, retail, payments and fintech, and life sciences.

-Implemented and restructured complex intellectual property arrangements, including US cost sharing, cross-border licensing, and IP partnerships.

-Developed strategies with respect to manufacturing practices and distribution supply chains.

-Advised on tax aspects of cross-border merger and acquisition transactions.

-Managed several large post-acquisition integrations and other legal entity restructurings through spin-offs, divestitures and joint ventures.

-Developed strategies to repatriate foreign earnings or to borrow funds to meet US and non-US cash needs.

-Developed solutions for a wide variety of other US and multijurisdictional international tax issues.

-Advised on restructuring responses to domestic and international changes in tax law, including the OECD Pillar One and Pillar Two initiatives.

-Prepared comments and comment letters in response to legislative proposals for unilateral measures and DSTs and/or OECD Public Consultations.