Assists clients in structuring business transactions, acquisitions, dispositions, reorganizations, capital formation, financing, joint venture formation and transfer pricing
Works with large multinational corporations and privately held businesses
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Ken Brewer is Senior Advisor in Alvarez & Marsal’s Tax practice. He brings over 40 years of professional experience largely comprised of assisting clients in structuring multi-national business transactions, acquisitions, dispositions, reorganizations, capital formation, financing, joint venture formation, and transfer pricing.
His notable areas of expertise include working with large multinational corporations, as well as privately held businesses, both U.S. and foreign-based, on their global tax planning and compliance matters.
In the marketplace, he is sought after and recognized for his ability to understand the tax implications of complex business transactions and arrangements and to identify opportunities to achieve tax savings and avoid so-called “traps for the unwary.”
Mr. Brewer’s extensive background spans a range of international tax matters, including captive insurance and tax treaty issues, taxable presence exposure, tax law aspects of related party transfer pricing and outbound transfers and inversions.
Mr. Brewer earned a BBA in accounting from the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) and a JD from the University of Miami (Coral Gables) School of Law. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
NOTE: Alvarez & Marsal employs CPAs but is not a licensed CPA firm.
New Treasury and IRS guidance under the OBBBA signals meaningful changes for international tax planning. Key implications are emerging now, with more to come in 2026.
On July 4th, President Trump signed the budget reconciliation bill, informally known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA), whose tax provisions are estimated to increase the deficit by approximately $4.5 trillion.
The tax reform package within the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) continues to make its way through Congress, however, one proposed provision that imposes 'unfair foreign taxes' (section 899) has had a worldwide impact.
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The Fifth Circuit has replaced its prior opinion in K Alain, L.L.L.P. v. Commissioner, adopting a new framework for determining when limited partners qualify for the self-employment tax exception.
