Ivins, Phillips & Barker adds Larry Axelrod to its partnership

International Tax Review is part of Legal Benchmarking Limited, 1-2 Paris Garden, London, SE1 8ND

Copyright © Legal Benchmarking Limited and its affiliated companies 2025

Accessibility | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Modern Slavery Statement

Ivins, Phillips & Barker adds Larry Axelrod to its partnership

Larry Axelrod

Corporate tax lawyer Larry Axelrod has joined Ivins, Phillips & Barker’s Washington, D.C. practice as a partner.

Axelrod, who most recently served as special counsel to the IRS associate chief counsel, joined the firm’s corporate group and will serve as leader of the firm’s consolidated tax return and M&A tax practices.

Axelrod’s expertise covers federal income taxation, with a particular emphasis on M&A, internal restructuring, spin-off, debt versus equity and consolidated return matters. Prior to working for the IRS, he served as a partner in Deloitte’s tax group in Washington D.C. for more than 20 years where he advised on complex corporate tax issues.

more across site & shared bottom lb ros

More from across our site

The new practice, which features former ‘big four’ experience, already has over 20 team members
Speakers from companies including Uber and Stripe told the inaugural AI in Tax Forum to brace for impending changes to how advisers work
Authors from Khaitan & Co dissect a ‘welcome’ ruling, which found that the mere existence of a tax benefit would not, by itself, warrant a principal purpose test
Over two-thirds of survey respondents back the continuation of the UK’s digital services tax, research commissioned by the Fair Tax Foundation also found
Given the US/G7 pillar two deal, the OECD is in danger of being replaced by the UN as the leading global tax reform forum
Cinven’s latest investment follows its acquisition of a stake in Grant Thornton UK in December; in other news, a barrister listed by HMRC as a tax avoidance promoter has alleged harassment
CIT base narrowing measures remain more prevalent than increased CIT rates, the report also highlighted
ITR's parent company, LBG, will acquire The Lawyer, a leading news, intelligence and data-driven insight provider for the legal industry, from Centaur Media
KPMG UK’s Graeme Webster and KPMG Meijburg & Co’s Eduard Sporken outline the 20-year evolution of MAPAs, with DEMPE analyses becoming more prevalent and MAPA requirements growing stricter
Rishi Joshi, of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, warns of potential judicial overreach as assets are recharacterised to bypass a legislative exclusion
Gift this article