Robert Feldgarden, PC
Counsel
Washington, D.C.
T: +1 202 756 8304
F: +1 202 756 8087
rfeldgarden@mwe.com
Robert Feldgarden is counsel in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Firm's Washington, D.C. office. Robert focuses his practice on a variety of federal income tax matters, including the design and analysis of novel financial instruments intended to achieve favorable income tax consequences; the taxation of foreign currency transactions; the taxation of foreign operations of U.S.-based multinational companies; the taxation of domestic operations of foreign-based multinational companies and stock options and other executive compensation vehicles.
Robert works primarily with publicly-held multinational companies, including several investment banking firms. He advised Avon Products, Inc. when it issued PERCS, and Pfizer, Inc. when it sought to issue unbundled stock units.
Prior to entering private practice, Robert was an attorney-advisor in the Legislation & Regulation Division of the Office of Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service (1965-1968). He also served as an attorney-advisor in the Office of Tax Legislative Counsel, U.S. Treasury Department (1968-1972). On leaving the Treasury Department, Robert received the Office of the Secretary Honor Award.
Education
- New York University School of Law, LL.B., 1965
- Brown University, Sc.B. (cum laude), 1962
