Rick Minor

Senior international tax attorney Rick Minor has joined Womble Bond Dickinson’s Raleigh office.

Minor advises companies on inbound and outbound corporate tax planning and related cross-border business and holding company structures, digital business models, and international tax controversy/pre-controversy planning. He has worked as the senior European tax counsel in the European HQs of three public companies, including Honeywell, Inc., AOL Europe and ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steel company.

Between his corporate positions, Minor served as a senior advisor to the Luxembourg government of Jean Claude Juncker, advising it on tax and GDPR policies that would advance Luxembourg’s digital economy.

Most recently, Minor served in a senior Director role in the NC Department of Commerce where he engaged large US and foreign multinationals on strategies to invest in the state.

“Rick brings to Womble Bond Dickinson significant experience at navigating tax, business and policy issues affecting companies engaged in transatlantic business. He has worked at the highest levels of business and government in Europe and will bring to our clients a transatlantic perspective on key issues affecting business between the European Union, the UK and the US,” said Jeff Hay, Womble Bond Dickinson’s US-based Global Business Group.

“Raleigh and the entire Research Triangle Park increasingly is becoming a focal point for cross-border business, particularly between the US and Europe. Rick will help us serve clients doing business on both sides of the Atlantic, and we are glad to have him on the Womble Bond Dickinson team,” said Womble Bond Dickinson Raleigh and Research Triangle Park Offices Managing Partner Beth Tyner Jones.

A German speaker, Minor is a recognized thought leader on international tax policy. He has published numerous articles on tax planning in the leading tax journals and written a leading guide on the EU VAT rules on the supply of digital goods and services to EU consumers. He has been a member of the tax advisory group (TAG) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development since 2015. Last year he was appointed to the German leadership group and think tank Atlantik-Bruecke.

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