Julia Skubis Weber > Baker McKenzie LLP > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile

Baker McKenzie LLP
300 EAST RANDOLPH STREET, SUITE 5000
CHICAGO, IL 60601
ILLINOIS
United States

Work Department

Tax

Position

Julia Skubis Weber is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Global Tax Practice Group in Chicago. She has been advising US, non-US and multinational corporate and pass-through clients on federal income tax planning matters since 2005.

Career

Julia is seasoned in domestic and international tax matters, with emphasis on international tax planning. She routinely advises US multinational and foreign-owned clients on cross-border tax issues, including internal reorganizations, structuring of outbound and inbound investments, foreign tax credits, subpart F, PFICs, withholding and treaty analysis. In addition, she has extensive experience related to mergers and acquisitions, spin-off transactions, joint ventures, private equity funds, and real estate transactions, including the structuring and formation of private investment and real estate funds investing in domestic and offshore assets. Julia works with clients across a broad range of industries, including defense and aerospace, consumer goods, automotive, and pharmaceuticals.

Julia is a frequent speaker on international tax topics and has contributed to Tax Analysts, Corporate Taxation and Tax Executive Magazine. She co-authors International Tax Watch, a bi-monthly column in TAXES The Tax Magazine. Julia also teaches the Controlled Foreign Corporations class as an adjunct professor in the Northwestern University School of Law’s LLM in Taxation Program.

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Tax > International tax

(Next Generation Partners)

Julia Skubis WeberBaker McKenzie LLP

Drawing upon its international platform, Baker McKenzie LLP advises multinational companies on the full spectrum of international tax planning matters including multijurisdictional supply chain, M&A, IP company, post-acquisition integration, and restructuring. The team also supports on tax policy, tax disputes, and transfer pricing issues. The tax team is co-led by Washington DC-based Salim Rahim, Reza Nader, who sits in the New York office, and Julia Skubis Weber, who is based in Chicago. Nader routinely advises clients on tax structuring for global transactions, regularly as part of dispositions, acquisitions, or legal entity rationalization projects. Weber supports multinational and foreign-owned clients on cross-border tax issues, including internal reorganizations, structuring of outbound and inbound investments, foreign tax credits, subpart F, PFICs, withholding and treaty analysis. In Palo Alto, Stewart Lipeles advises US-based multinational corporations in connection with international tax planning and global tax projects. Also in Palo Alto, Sibel Owji‘s practice is focused on corporate international tax, global transfer pricing strategy and documentation, and international tax controversy whilst Robin Chesler focuses on international tax planning for US multinationals. Los Angeles-based Ethan Kroll has significant experience handling US international income taxation matters. In Miami, Robert Moore advises on tax planning for US and foreign-based multinational corporations and partnerships focused on luxury hotel, residences, and resorts, real estate development, and consumer goods and retail in luxury and fashion.