Overview
Elizabeth C. Lu focuses her practice on US and international tax matters. She advises clients on international tax issues, including the subpart F anti-deferral rules, foreign tax credit planning, repatriation, and the international provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (GILTI, FDII, BEAT, etc.). Elizabeth has experience advising multinational corporations on global supply chain restructurings, acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, post-acquisition integrations, internal reorganizations, tax controversies, and intellectual property migrations. Elizabeth also advises clients on tax treaties, cost sharing agreements, and the taxation of the digital economy.
Elizabeth regularly speaks on international tax topics, including as part of the Tax in the City® Women’s Roundtable.
While in law school, Elizabeth served as a features editor for the Yale Law Journal. Elizabeth also worked at the University of Chicago Law School as the chief research assistant to Judge Richard A. Posner and Professor William M. Landes.
Results
- Advised a client with respect to a $2 billion outbound transfer of intangible property
- Advised a client on entering into a $4.3 billion strategic partnership with an outside investor
Recognitions
- The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, Tax Law, Chicago, 2024
- Rising Star, Tax – Euromoney Expert Guide, 2021
Credentials
Education
Yale University – Yale Law School, JD, 2015
University of Chicago, BA, 2010
Admissions
Illinois
