John E. Hurley

Overview

John Hurley is Senior Counsel in the firm’s Business Transactions Practice Group.  For more than twenty years, he has represented and advised individuals, small and midsize businesses, as well as multiple publicly traded multinational companies on a wide array of sophisticated tax issues in various tax disciplines, such as general tax planning, Mergers and Acquisitions, tax controversy, international tax, and transfer pricing.  He provides tax planning services and represents taxpayers before tax authorities during tax audits and appeals at the federal and state levels.

Earlier in his career, John focused his practice on representation of taxpayers during tax audits and appeals at the multi-state and federal levels including leading the tax controversy practice for one of the world’s leading global oil and gas companies, and subsequently, expanded his practice at other multinational corporations to include leadership roles in global tax planning, Mergers and Acquisitions and international tax areas.

John has primarily worked in the tax departments of some of the world’s largest multinational corporations providing tax planning solutions to complex transactions and corporate structures and successfully representing organizations before numerous tax authorities at the state, federal and international levels.

For tax planning services, John has experience providing taxpayers with tax guidance ranging from general tax questions to complex tax issues at the state, federal and international tax levels.

During M&A deals, John is available to assist at all phases of the transaction from pre-planning and structuring, due diligence and negotiations, through post-close and integration planning.

On tax controversy matters, John can represent taxpayers during the full life cycle of the tax matter from the initial audit stage through any tax appeals and settlement process.

Professional Involvement

• The Florida Bar
  • Tax Section
• ProVisors
  • Member of Executive Committee, Fort Lauderdale 2 Chapter