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United States
Stephen M Kadenacy
KPMG LLP
KPMG Tower
Suite 2000, 355 S Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90071-1568
US
Tel: (1) 213 593 6767
Fax: (1) 213 593 6768
Email: smkadenacy@kpmg.com
Website: www.kpmg.com
Mr Kadenacy is the partner-in-charge of KPMG’s economic and valuation services for
the west area, consisting of a team of professionals providing business valuation and
transfer-pricing services to KPMG’s clients in every major industry. Previously he has
been partner-in-charge of tax for the Pacific southwest area (2002 to 2005), and partnerin-charge
of transfer-pricing services for the Pacific southwest area (2000 to 2002).
Mr Kadenacy began his career with KPMG in 1996 when he joined the Short Hills, NJ
office as a senior consultant, and joined the partnership in 2000. In 1997 he moved to
Los Angeles with the firm and has successfully taken on a number of leadership roles.
Prior to joining KPMG, Mr Kadenacy was an associate with Putnam Hayes and Bartlett,
an economic consulting boutique where he worked closely with Amgen Inc on a variety
of accounting and economic issues.
Mr Kadenacy has served some of KPMG’s most valued clients, including Time Warner,
IBM, Clorox, ASML, Microsoft, Insight, Viacom and many more. He possesses welldeveloped
technical knowledge, a dedication to client relationship building, and strong
leadership skills.
His client experience includes:
• analysing the transfer-pricing policy of a $75 billion information technology
company, including in-depth analysis of intellectual property associated with the
company’s 26 divisions;
• assisting numerous entertainment companies with transfer-pricing policy and
documentation, including working through complex intangible asset issues common
to this industry;
• preparing intellectual property valuations for numerous companies in a variety of
industries;
• assisting a major pharmaceutical company in IP planning for a new drug release;
• assisting two diverse major entertainment and media companies with their Sarbanes
Oxley 404 compliance in the transfer-pricing area.
Mr Kadenacy is a frequent speaker on transfer pricing and related topics and has been
recognized by the International Tax Review as a leading global transfer-pricing adviser. He
is also on the board of trustees of the California Science Center in Los Angeles and a
member of the Bel Air chapter of the Young Presidents Organization.
Mr Kadenacy earned his MBA in finance from the University of Southern California,
Los Angeles. He earned his bachelor of arts degree in economics from the University of
California, Los Angeles.
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