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Robert Wellen

Partner at Ivins, Phillips & Barker
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Seasoned tax expert with 30+ years of experience in tax policy, law, and advisory.
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Washington, District of Columbia, Uni...
Languages
  • English -
Skills
  • Tax Policy
  • Income Tax
  • International Tax
  • Estate Tax Planning
  • M&A Tax
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Robert Wellen is a seasoned tax expert with 30+ years of experience in tax policy, law, and advisory. He has worked as a Partner at Ivins, Phillips & Barker and Associate Chief Counsel at the IRS, providing expertise in tax planning, structuring, and negotiation, as well as representation in controversies with the IRS and serving as an expert witness in commercial disputes. He holds an LLM in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center, a JD from Yale Law School, and a BA in English from Yale College. He is based in Washington, DC.

Experience

  • Ivins, Phillips & Barker
    • Washington, DC
    • Partner
      • Jun 2023 - Present
      • Washington, DC

      Planning, structuring and negotiating business transactions; representing taxpayers seeking private letter rulings from IRS and tax policy determinations from IRS and the Treasury Department; representing taxpayers in controversies with IRS; and serving as arbitrator and as expert witness in comm...

  • Office of Chief Counsel, internal Revenue Service
    • Associate Chief Counsel (Corporate)
      • May 2015 - Jun 2023
  • Ivins, Phillips & Barker
    • Tax Partner
      • Oct 1993 - Apr 2015

      Planning, structuring and negotiating business transactions; representing taxpayers seeking private letter rulings from IRS and tax policy determinations from IRS and the Treasury Department; representing taxpayers in controversies with IRS; and serving as arbitrator and as expert witness in comm...

  • Fulbright & Jaworski
    • Tax Partner
      • Feb 1975 - Sep 1993

      Planning, structuring and negotiating corporate and other business transactions and representing taxpayers seeking private letter rulings from IRS and tax policy determinations from IRS and the Treasury Department and in controversies with IRS.

  • US Navy
    • Lieutenant, JAG Corps
      • Oct 1971 - Jan 1975

      Representing naval personnel before courts martial; preparation of briefs and litigation memoranda in Federal court cases involving military justice; providing legal assistance to military personnel; processing cliams and participating in hearings involving the Navy Physical Evaluation Board.

Education

  • 1972 - 1975
    Georgetown University Law Center
  • 1968 - 1971
    Yale Law School
  • 1964 - 1968
    Yale College

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