Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

William L. Blum is a tax and business lawyer with substantial expertise in international business taxation. His practice emphasizes domestic and offshore tax matters and structures, estate and asset protection planning, tax controversies, and matters involving the United States territories. He is a regular speaker on tax issues at various conferences in the United States, the Caribbean, and elsewhere, including those sponsored by the Center for International Legal Studies. Prior to commencing his private practice, Mr. Blum served as counsel to the Governor of the United States Virgin Islands. He is the draftsman of that jurisdiction's foreign sales corporation and exempt company laws and he is the foremost expert on the utilization of the U.S. Virgin Islands as a tax haven for non-U.S. persons. He is also the author of several articles on U.S. and U.S. Virgin Islands tax matters published by CCH, BNA, and Euromoney Publications. From 2004 to present, Mr. Blum has served as the president of Interlegal, an international network of law firms with members in over 35 countries (www.interlegal.com).  Mr. Blum is admitted to practice in the states of New York, Colorado, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, the territories of the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

Areas of Practice

• Taxation
• International Law
• Estate Planning
• Asset Protection Planning
• Corporate Law
• Legislation
• Banking
• Commercial Law
• Territories and Possessions Law

West Practice Categories

Business Organizations, International Law, Taxation Law, Estate Planning, Trusts

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1987
• New Jersey, 1987
• Virgin Islands, 1980
• Pennsylvania, 1977
• Colorado, 1997
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1978
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1980
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1980
• Guam, 1986
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1987
• Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, 1987
• U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1988
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1988
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1988
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1989
• Republic of the Marshall Islands, 1991

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Dudley Clark & Chan, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, 2005 - Present (Of Counsel)
• Interlegal Network (International Network of Law Firms), 1997 - Present (Member (since 1997) and President (since 2004))
• International Tax Planning Association, 1987 - Present (Member)
• Virgin Islands Bar Association, 1980 - Present (Member)
• American Bar Association, 1977 - Present (Member, Sections of Taxation and International Law)
• Community Board 6, Brooklyn, New York, 1996 - Present (Member (since 1996) & Co-chair Transportation Committee (since 2002))

Pro Bono Activities

• Arbitrator, Civil Court of the City of New York, Small Claims Division

Past Employment Positions

• Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Counsel to the Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands, 1981 - 1984
• Grunert Stout & Bruch, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Of Counsel, 1994 - 2004
• De Vos & Co. Attorneys & Counselors, New York, NY & St. Thomas, VI, Partner, 1984 - 1994

Education

• Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 1977
  J.D.
• New York University School of Law, New York, New York, 1992
  LL.M. (Taxation)
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 1974
  S.B.

Published Works

• The Tax Free Entity Under the U.S. Flag: A U.S. Virgin Islands Exempt Company, The Journal of Corporate Taxation, Autumn, 1993
• U.S. Possession Source Income, Chapter of CCH Federal Tax Service-Foreign Tax, 1989-1997
• U.S. Virgin Islands, Chapter of International Taxation of Low Tax Transactions, BNA International, 1997
• The American Paradise - U.S. Virgin Islands: FAA Registration of Foreign-Owned Aircraft, The Air and Space Lawyer, Fall, 1994

Address

40 Wall Street, 35th Floor
New York, NY 10005

Phones

(212) 267-7600

Faxes

(212) 267-2030

Emails

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