Expert Guides Tax - ITR 2020

NORTH AMERICA ATTORNEY BIOGRAPHIES
U N I T E D S TAT E S
U N I T E D S TAT E S
Kenneth B Clark
Fenwick & West
801 California Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
US
Tel: (1) 650 335 7215
Email: kclark@fenwick.com
Website: www.fenwick.com
Tijana J Dvornic
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019
US
Tel: (1) 212 403 1074
Email: TJDvornic@wlrk.com
Website: www.wlrk.com
Kenneth has led Fenwick’s award-winning tax controversy practice
since its formation, working on high-profile tax controversy matters in
the United States and internationally. As a partner and the chair of its
tax controversy practice, Kenneth’s team has handled more than 75
federal tax litigations. Several of these matters resulted in important
reported decisions; and Fenwick has received numerous accolades for
its tax controversy practice, including recognition by International Tax
Review as the top controversy practice in North America and as the
U.S. tax litigation firm of the year in a number of different years.
The principal focus of Kenneth’s practice is complex federal tax
litigation and tax controversy work, particularly involving
international matters. He counsels clients on federal tax audits,
appeals, transfer pricing, and APA matters. He practices in the U.S. Tax
Court and has published numerous articles relating to tax
controversies. Kenneth’s practice includes clients such as Xilinx, The
Limited, L Brands, Textron, Chrysler AG, G.M. Trading, Dover
Corporation, Adaptec, Analog Devices, Sanofi SA, Cameco, CBS and
VF Corporation. Kenneth is included in International Tax Review’s
World’s Controversy Leaders and Euromoney’s World’s Leading
Transfer Pricing Advisors.
Tijana J Dvornic is a Partner in Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz’s Tax
Department.
Ms Dvornic focuses on tax aspects of US and cross-border mergers and
acquisitions, spin-offs and other dispositions, leveraged buy-outs, joint
ventures and financing transactions.
Ms Dvornic received a B.B.A. with highest distinction from the
University of Michigan. Ms Dvornic completed a J.D. magna cum laude
from Harvard Law School, where she was the articles editor for the
Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review. Following law school,
she was a law clerk to the Honorable Judge Priscilla R. Owen in the
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Ms Dvornic
received an LL.M. in taxation from New York University School of Law
in 2016 and was awarded the David H Moses Memorial Prize.
Ms Dvornic is a member of the Tax Sections of the New York State Bar
Association and the American Bar Association.
In addition to his more than four decades of tax focus, Kenneth’s other
career-long interests include providing strategic and legal advice to
startup businesses. He has extensively worked on mediations and other
forms of alternative dispute resolution, helping resolve business and
legal problems around the globe. He has worked on client matters in
numerous countries, spanning Europe, Asia, Australia and North
America, as well as managing disputes in over twenty states in the U.S.
He also has a notable background in teaching speaking techniques
based on his competitive debating experience.
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