Baker McKenzie hires new tax counsel in Dallas

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Baker McKenzie hires new tax counsel in Dallas

Danish Mehboob
February 18 2019
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Christopher Hanna has joined Baker McKenzie’s tax policy team to help clients navigate the 2017 US tax reform rules in the areas of tax planning, global structures, intellectual property, and supply chains.



Before joining Baker McKenzie, Hanna was a senior policy advisor at the US Senate Committee on Finance where he helped work on the US tax reform.



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