Mr Michael F. Mundaca

Michael is the Deputy Assistant Treasury Secretary for International Tax Affairs, a position to which he was appointed in July 2007.  In that role, he is involved in the formulation of U.S. international tax policy, as well as tax treaty negotiations, and the production of regulatory guidance and legislative proposals.

Before that appointment, Michael was a partner in the International Tax Services group of Ernst & Young’s National Tax Department, in Washington, D.C.  His practice focused on cross-border planning and structuring, including especially tax treaty issues, and on international legislative and regulatory monitoring and consulting.  Before joining Ernst & Young, Michael was the Deputy International Tax Counsel in the Treasury Department’s Office of Tax Policy, as well as Treasury’s Senior Advisor on Electronic Commerce.  Before joining Treasury for the first time, Michael was an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell, a law firm in New York.

Michael has been an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, teaching a seminar on tax treaties.

Michael received a B.A. in philosophy and in physics from Columbia University, in 1986, and an M.A. in philosophy from the University of Chicago, in 1988.  He received a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall), in 1992, and an LL.M. in taxation (international tax specialization) from the University of Miami, in 1997.