This document discusses the details of an online LL.M. program in international taxation. It provides information on the program's founders, market size for legal and financial services, competitive landscape for tax LL.M. programs, potential subject matter experts and textbook publishers. It also outlines considerations for course methodology, career outcomes for graduates, alumni testimonials, library resources and career support services.
The presentation was part of the Funding Conference in London on Monday 23 February 2015.
The presentation was by David Warner, London Funders and looks at how to make sure your application stands out.
Find out more about the Funding Conference from NCVO: https://www.ncvo.org.uk/training-and-events/funding-conference/workshops
The presentation was part of the Funding Conference in London on Monday 23 February 2015.
The presentation was by David Warner, London Funders and looks at how to make sure your application stands out.
Find out more about the Funding Conference from NCVO: https://www.ncvo.org.uk/training-and-events/funding-conference/workshops
This course covers a very broad range of topics from worker classification, to employee classification, to establishing methods and rates of pay, what must be included in the rate of pay, hours that must be compensated as worked time, required benefits, de minimus working fringes,
Startup Stage - Gaming, Education & Media - Presentation by Guy Klajman, Co-Founder of ExamPAL at the NOAH Conference London 2017, Old Billingsgate on the 3rd of November 2017.
This course covers a very broad range of topics from worker classification, to employee classification, to establishing methods and rates of pay, what must be included in the rate of pay, hours that must be compensated as worked time, required benefits, de minimus working fringes,
Tools and Techniques for Operational Risk Management: Regulatory Aspects GlobalCompliancePanel
We then go on to highlights on the pitfalls that await risk managers on the next Frontier, from which: what activities to outsource, setting up a risk appetite, developing a risk culture and a commensurate set of governance processes, what to ensure and not, separating or breaking the silos of risk.
The Future Legal Marketplace: Innovation, Extrapreneurship, and a Law Withou...Michele DeStefano
This presentation starts by identifying current trends and significant shifts in the law market within and outside the U.S. that are accelerating the adoption of technology and the need for innovation in legal practice and education. It then highlights some examples of innovations in how legal services are being provided and how legal education is being taught. Ultimately,it suggests some potential paths our occupation should consider taking in the future.
Welcome to the Combined Level 3, Level 4, and Level 5 Diploma in Law (300 Credits), a prestigious Ofqual-accredited qualification delivered online by the London School of Business and Research, UK. This comprehensive program is meticulously designed to provide a thorough understanding of legal principles, from foundational concepts to advanced legal frameworks, offering a flexible and accessible pathway for aspiring legal professionals.
Program Overview:
The Combined Diploma in Law spans three levels, totaling 300 credits, providing a comprehensive and structured approach to legal education. Delivered in an online format, this program caters to individuals seeking a well-rounded understanding of the legal landscape, from the basics to advanced concepts.
Accreditation:
Rest assured that your qualification is accredited by Ofqual, ensuring the highest standards of academic rigor and global recognition. This accreditation affirms the program's commitment to delivering legal education that meets industry standards.
Flexible Learning for Professionals:
Tailored for working professionals, this online program allows you to seamlessly integrate your studies into your work schedule. With an assessment structure based solely on assignments, there are no exams, making it the perfect choice for those looking to advance their legal knowledge without disrupting their professional commitments.
Key Features:
Online Delivery: Access lectures, resources, and engage with faculty from anywhere in the world.
Structured Learning: Progress through three levels, building a strong foundation and advancing to complex legal concepts.
Comprehensive Curriculum: Cover a wide range of legal subjects, including contract law, criminal law, and legal research.
Assignment-Based Assessment: Showcase your understanding through practical applications.
Career Opportunities:
Graduates of the Combined Diploma in Law are well-equipped for various legal roles, including paralegals, legal assistants, and compliance officers. The program's focus on practical skills ensures that students are prepared for the challenges of the legal profession.
How to Enrol:
Enrolling in the Combined Level 3, Level 4 and Level 5 Diploma in Law (300 Credits) is simple. Visit our website https://www.lsbr.uk/course/combined-level-3-level-4-and-level-5-diploma-in-law-300-credits/ to access detailed course information, entry requirements, and the enrollment process.
Presentation by Professor William H Byrnes to the Florida Bar Association annual meeting on India's Legal Process Outsourcing industry.
1. Economics and Other Driving Factors
2. Bar Ethics
3. Risk Management
4. Tax Issues
5. Education & Training the LPO Workforce
See http://www.profwilliambyrnes.com
This course covers a very broad range of topics from worker classification, to employee classification, to establishing methods and rates of pay, what must be included in the rate of pay, hours that must be compensated as worked time, required benefits, de minimus working fringes,
Startup Stage - Gaming, Education & Media - Presentation by Guy Klajman, Co-Founder of ExamPAL at the NOAH Conference London 2017, Old Billingsgate on the 3rd of November 2017.
This course covers a very broad range of topics from worker classification, to employee classification, to establishing methods and rates of pay, what must be included in the rate of pay, hours that must be compensated as worked time, required benefits, de minimus working fringes,
Tools and Techniques for Operational Risk Management: Regulatory Aspects GlobalCompliancePanel
We then go on to highlights on the pitfalls that await risk managers on the next Frontier, from which: what activities to outsource, setting up a risk appetite, developing a risk culture and a commensurate set of governance processes, what to ensure and not, separating or breaking the silos of risk.
The Future Legal Marketplace: Innovation, Extrapreneurship, and a Law Withou...Michele DeStefano
This presentation starts by identifying current trends and significant shifts in the law market within and outside the U.S. that are accelerating the adoption of technology and the need for innovation in legal practice and education. It then highlights some examples of innovations in how legal services are being provided and how legal education is being taught. Ultimately,it suggests some potential paths our occupation should consider taking in the future.
Welcome to the Combined Level 3, Level 4, and Level 5 Diploma in Law (300 Credits), a prestigious Ofqual-accredited qualification delivered online by the London School of Business and Research, UK. This comprehensive program is meticulously designed to provide a thorough understanding of legal principles, from foundational concepts to advanced legal frameworks, offering a flexible and accessible pathway for aspiring legal professionals.
Program Overview:
The Combined Diploma in Law spans three levels, totaling 300 credits, providing a comprehensive and structured approach to legal education. Delivered in an online format, this program caters to individuals seeking a well-rounded understanding of the legal landscape, from the basics to advanced concepts.
Accreditation:
Rest assured that your qualification is accredited by Ofqual, ensuring the highest standards of academic rigor and global recognition. This accreditation affirms the program's commitment to delivering legal education that meets industry standards.
Flexible Learning for Professionals:
Tailored for working professionals, this online program allows you to seamlessly integrate your studies into your work schedule. With an assessment structure based solely on assignments, there are no exams, making it the perfect choice for those looking to advance their legal knowledge without disrupting their professional commitments.
Key Features:
Online Delivery: Access lectures, resources, and engage with faculty from anywhere in the world.
Structured Learning: Progress through three levels, building a strong foundation and advancing to complex legal concepts.
Comprehensive Curriculum: Cover a wide range of legal subjects, including contract law, criminal law, and legal research.
Assignment-Based Assessment: Showcase your understanding through practical applications.
Career Opportunities:
Graduates of the Combined Diploma in Law are well-equipped for various legal roles, including paralegals, legal assistants, and compliance officers. The program's focus on practical skills ensures that students are prepared for the challenges of the legal profession.
How to Enrol:
Enrolling in the Combined Level 3, Level 4 and Level 5 Diploma in Law (300 Credits) is simple. Visit our website https://www.lsbr.uk/course/combined-level-3-level-4-and-level-5-diploma-in-law-300-credits/ to access detailed course information, entry requirements, and the enrollment process.
Presentation by Professor William H Byrnes to the Florida Bar Association annual meeting on India's Legal Process Outsourcing industry.
1. Economics and Other Driving Factors
2. Bar Ethics
3. Risk Management
4. Tax Issues
5. Education & Training the LPO Workforce
See http://www.profwilliambyrnes.com
The countries of the world, pushed by a U.S. Treasury promotional campaign, have inevitably capitulated to the U.S. unilateral demand for information although the per-country compliance cost may exceed one billion dollars and privacy protection laws must be amended. However, push back by important U.S. trading partners resulted in the U.S. Treasury entering into an expanding network of bi-lateral intergovernmental agreements that in most instances provide for automatic exchange between the competent authorities of the required financial information to fulfill FATCA compliance. These agreements may lead to an imposition of FATCA reporting compliance, though to a lesser extent, upon U.S. financial institutions, that the U.S. Treasury may in turn provide automatically to the foreign competent authority.
FATCA should not be observed in a historical vacuum but instead requires at least an understanding of the U.S. previous attempt to collect such information under the qualified intermediary (‘QI’) regime. Moreover, FATCA should not be observed in a unilateral vacuum but instead requires an overview of the EU and OECD information exchange initiatives and challenges thereto, tax collection and remission alternatives, as well as an overview of the spawn of FATCA (e.g. the UK’s son-of-FATCA approach).
This discussion will also explore the general nature, issues, and challenges of information collection and exchange. During this discussion we will digress into the topic of the information of a business’ financials and of its operations, the topic of domestic and cross border asymmetry of information, as well as the dialogue for global harmonization of information (such as standardization of accounts and of tax base determination), and for exchange of such information. Such conversation is necessary for a robust understanding of the topics of base erosion and the efforts of countries to control ‘transfer pricing’. See the news story at http://profwilliambyrnes.com/2014/01/22/professor-byrnes-lectures-for-university-of-amsterdams-international-tax-program/
FATCA Compliance Program and Manual
The LexisNexis® Guide to FATCA Compliance (2nd Edition) comprises 600 pages of analysis in 34 Chapters grouped into three parts: compliance program (Chapters 1–4), analysis of FATCA regulations (Chapters 5–16) and analysis of FATCA’s application for certain trading partners of the U.S. (Chapters 17–34), including intergovernmental agreements as well as the OECD’s TRACE initiative for global automatic information exchange protocols and systems. The 34 chapters include many practical examples for use by the FATCA compliance officer. http://www.lexisnexis.com/store/catalog/booktemplate/productdetail.jsp?pageName=relatedProducts&prodId=prod19190327&ORIGINATION_CODE=00247
Professor William Byrnes' powerpoint for the Regulatory Impact Analysis lectures in the Law & Economics course. Study the materials beforehand as class will only be a facilitated discussion of regulatory case studies and policy initiatives
CAPES distance education best practices November 2012William Byrnes
Expanding the universe of perspectives for the lawyer’s toolkit through exposure to foreign legal concepts and foreign legal solutions allows an expanded frame for creative problem solving of local issues, legal pedagogy, distance education
trade & investment among countries in general, and Brazil USA specifically creates legal and economic overlap (See draft Cross-Border Tax Syllabus attached)
"Diverse groups of problems solvers
– groups of people with diverse tools –
consistently outperform groups of the best & the brightest”
Global OFC trends: past & present
Economic and Social Economic Impact of Offshore Financial Services
Forecasting future OFC and its services
Challenges to OFCs
Global Initiatives that Impact OFCs
EU Initiatives
Domestic UK, US, Italian, other Initiatives
Typologies in general examined -
Securities
Trade Based
Counterfeit Trade
Sports Clubs (and Equestrian)
Child Pornography & Human Trafficking
Government Contracting / Bribery / PEPs
Internet Based Market Systems
Currency Demand Approach
Pricing Approach
Multiple Indicators Multiple Solutions (MIMIC)
Measurement of Crimes Model
Newton’s Law of Gravity applied to ML
Regulatory Impact Analysis - Law & Economics courseWilliam Byrnes
Regulatory Impact Analysis - Law & Economics course
Effective regulation is regulation that achieves the policy objective that led to it being made.
Efficient regulation achieves these objectives at the lowest total cost to all members of society
Executive Directors Chat Leveraging AI for Diversity, Equity, and InclusionTechSoup
Let’s explore the intersection of technology and equity in the final session of our DEI series. Discover how AI tools, like ChatGPT, can be used to support and enhance your nonprofit's DEI initiatives. Participants will gain insights into practical AI applications and get tips for leveraging technology to advance their DEI goals.
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Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
A workshop hosted by the South African Journal of Science aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers with little or no experience in writing and publishing journal articles.
2. Walter H. & Dorothy B.
Diamond
• Significant donor to Syracuse and
Thomas Jefferson.
• 81 tax and trade books
• 100 + investment booklets
• 500 + international economic speeches
• Regular columns and monthly newsletter (FT,
Offshore Investment, institutional letter)
Walter H. and Dorothy B. Diamond
Institute
of International Taxation & Trade
Issue 1: your board of advisors / subject
matter experts (“sme”)
3. e.g. Marshall J. Langer
• Several tax and trade books including -
Rhoades & Langer US International
Taxation & Tax Treaties (Lexis)
Practical International Tax Planning (PLI)
• Regular monthly columns (Offshore
Investment, institutional letters)
Issue 1: your board of advisors / subject
matter experts (“sme”)
4. Legal, Tax and Regulatory (LTR) market
size
E-learning is fastest-growing sub-sector of $2.3
trillion global education market
online higher education to exceed $69 billion by
2015
$18.3 billion in LTR publishing revenues by 2009
6.5% CAGR for the LTR publishing market ‘06 – ‘09
Issue 2: size of market (& career services)
5. Int’l Financial Services
Market
Over $33 trillion held by nearly 9 million HNWIs
Over $11 trillion of HNWIs’ assets offshore
≅ 20 million staff all financial services
≅ 50,000 professionals in offshore (international)
financial services industry handle 60% of world $
Since 1996, sector income expanded on average
10% (15% on average in expansion years)
Issue 2: size of market (& career services)
6. US Financial Services market requiring
AML training
Financial Industry Market Segments: 60,000+
firms
• Commercial banks (7,658)
• Saving Institutions (1,358)
• Credit Unions (9,500)
= (Banking Employees > 2 million)
• Insurance ($1 trillion in premiums/yr)
Brokers (> 200,000)
Life Insurance (5,000)
Mortgage (1,600)
Accident& Health (4,000)
Homeowner’s (5,000)
Liability (2,000)
Title insurance (3,000)
• Securities Firms (22,000) and broker/dealers
Issue 2: size of market (& career services)
7. USA market segments requiring some AML &
Compliance training > 3 million
USA Attorneys = 1 million
USA Accountants > 500,000
USA Compliance Officers = 165,000
USA law students = 100,000
USA Business Consultants = 500,000
USA Paralegals = 200,000
USA Corporate Counsel = 150,000
Foreign Attorneys = 1 million
Real Estate professionals
Issue 2: size of market (& career services)
8. Tax LLMs - competitive
Alabama, Baltimore, Boston University, Capital,
Case Western, Chapman, Chicago-Kent, Denver,
DePaul University, Florida, Georgetown, Golden
Gate, Houston, John Marshall, Loyola-LA, Miami,
Missouri-Kansas City, NYU, Northwestern,
McGeorge, San Diego, SMU, Temple, Thomas M.
Cooley, Villanova University, Washington, U of
Washington, Wayne State
Villanova, Denver, NYU, George Town
> 200 students each, many 100+
Issue 3: How crowded is market?
9. e.g. engage with focused
Professional Bodies
15,000 members
100,000 members
22,000
members
11,000 members
1,500 institutions
1,500 members
150 law firms
150
banks
105,000 members
8,000 members
10,000+ members
150
banks
150
banks
5,000 certificates
Issue 4: who defines market (& career
services)?
10. • 830,000 investment professionals
• Over 20 million financial industry
Issue 4: who defines market (& career
services)?
11. 22,000 members & certified members in 100 + countries
37,000 financial services student & professional database
regional and national offices
worldwide financial professional organization with members in 140
countries hosting and organizing certification training.
7 NASD Listed Compliance Friendly Board Certifications
recognized on the US Department of Labor BLS Brochures
global trademark agreements with the CFP™ Board of Standards
and the CFA™ Institute
AACSB recognition agreement and membership
Issue 4: who defines market (& career
services)?
12. Recruiters (outside – inside)
Michael Page BLT Brewer Morris
ECHM Hays Ingenium
Pure Integral
KPMG PwC E&Y Deloitte
Kroll Marsh McLennan RSM AP Executive
TaxProfinders Rice Cohen Gemini Riley
Issue 5: who defines career services?
13. Career Market specific to curriculum
Transfer Pricing
Transfer Pricing/Supply Chain Partner, London up to £500,000
Transfer Pricing Manager, London or Amsterdam Up to £80,000
Transfer Pricing Manager, Zurich 120,000 CHF – 150,000 CHF
National Head of Transfer Pricing, France & Germany €200,000 - €300,000
International Transfer Pricing Director, London £120,000 - £160,000
Senior Transfer Pricing Advisor, London £70,000 - £90,000
Transfer Pricing Advisor, London £55,000 - £65,000
International Tax Manager/Senior Manager, Eastern Europe From £65,000 - £80,000
+ Bonus + Benefits
International Tax Manager – Transfer Pricing, FTSE 100, London £65,000 +
package
Transfer Pricing Manager, US Investment Bank, London c£80,000 + £30,000 Bonus
M&A Tax Senior Manager/Director, Moscow, Russia Starting from $ US 180,000
International Tax Senior Manager, Moscow From 150.000 USD + Bonus + Benefits
Transfer Pricing Director, Sydney $150,000 - $200,000 + benefits
Transfer Pricing Director/ Partner, Paris Competitive Salary + Benefits
Transfer Pricing Analyst, New York $120,000 plus stock options and pension
Senior Manager - Russian Tax Desk, London £75,000 - £110,000 + benefits
Issue 6: required skill sets? – income range
14. Career Market specific to curriculum
AML & Compliance
Compliance Specialist ($75000 - $125000)
AML Officer ($80000 - $100000)
Attorney with Broker/Dealer and Compliance
Background ($125000 - $150000)
Policy & Procedures Compliance Officer
($100000 - $140000)
Compliance Analyst ($60000 - $75000)
Compliance and Risk Monitoring
($120000 - $150000)
Compliance Manager ($120000 - $150000)
Director of Risk Management ($90000 - $110000)
Issue 6: required skill sets? – income range
15. Course Methodology
Identify further SMEs who will be instructors
Robustly discuss above information
Establish course concentrations and syllabi
Establish outcomes (specimen assignments / tests)
Take-home examinations? - graded feedback?
Law school library e-databases for robust research?
Publicly available (e)textbooks or author your own?
Study Guides? Lectures notes? Teacher Aids?
Issue 7: pedagogical tools
18. Sample Text Books
Klaus Vogel on Double
Taxation Conventions, Third
Edition
by Klaus Vogel
List Price: $521.40
Kluwer
Michael Edwardes-Ker,
The International Tax Treaties Service &
Tax Treaty Interpretation (Dublin: In-Depth Publishing,
1995) (loose-leaf services)
International Trust Laws & Analysis
Walter H. & Dorothy B. Diamond List
Price: $1,056.00 - Kluwer
Tax Havens of the World
Walter H. & Dorothy B. Diamond
$558.00
Matthew Bender
Basic International
Taxation
by Roy Rohatgi
List Price: $287.10
PRICE $ 215
Issue 8.1: content for hyper-specialized subjects?
19. Central Law Training
exclusive education partnerships -
15,000 members
1,500 banks
Grew 2,000 Canadian members 2003 – 05
Opened New York office end of 2006
Forecast to grow to 5,000 members by 2008
• over 100,000 delegates attend CLT training
programs annually
Issue 8.2: Does content meet Certification / CLE
requirements of associations?
20. Example Alumni
Oliver Massmann, Vietnam
Baker & McKenzie International, Partner
“Professor Byrnes has created a highly academic yet practical
LL.M. program that I can recommend to my colleagues. This
adds real value to my firm’s tax practice.”
Gerald Lambert, Poland
Deloitte & Touche Central Europe
Tax, Legal and Business Services
Regional Managing Partner
“My initial apprehension about studying over the
internet soon dissipated and I found the whole
experience fascinating and rewarding. … The
program coverage both in breadth and depth was
very good and there was ample opportunity to
exchange views, present ideas and ask
questions. We even did group assignments,
which proved to be a great learning experience. A
very commendable aspect of the program is the
manner in which Professor Byrnes has kept in
touch with the alumni.”
Juliana Goldenberg, NJ
Elementis America Inc.
Corporate Counsel
"The program was a lot more
interesting and challenging than I
ever thought it would be. As a
corporate lawyer, I never realized
how interesting tax could be. The
highlights included all of the
international tax structuring
courses. The format of the course
also works surprisingly well. You
really can build up a
rapport with people you have
never seen just through
interacting over the internet."
Issue 9: Going after your Testimonials by level / by
type of job
21. Example Alumni
Bernadeth Prentice
KPMG
Supervisor
"This program is the best
on-line delivered program
and the most rewarding
experience ever."
Phong Lai
Citigroup, Inc.
Asst. Vice President
"The LL.M. program at St. Thomas
attracts the best legal practitioners
from all over the world
and the friendships and contacts
made during the program are a
valuable asset for any lawyer
pursuing an international legal career.
I also very much enjoyed the
interaction with the faculty.
They are, to a person, brilliant but
approachable."
Charles Oswald
Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.
Senior Vice President
"As an experienced officer at global
aerospace, biotechnology, chemical
and defense companies who
completed this program while
concurrently effecting the sale of a
billion dollar company operating in
over seventy countries, my personal
investment in the taxation
program has already provided
outstanding returns."
Nasrat Hakim
Alpharma Pharmaceutical Inc
V.P. Global Compliance
"The LLM program .. offers superior education in
a forum that is most accommodating for the
student, facilitated by excellent professors that
are working professionals in their field. Enrolling
… was one of the best investments I’ve made for
myself.”
Issue 9: Going after your Testimonials by level / by
type of job
22. Example Alumni
Thomas A. Gionis, CA, MD JD MBA MHA FICS FRCS,
US Fulbright Scholar in Law
US Fulbright Senior Specialist Program
Medical Doctor
"Under the wise leadership of Professor William Byrnes, the Walter H. & Dorothy B.
Diamond Graduate International Tax Program has become one of the most
respected international tax educational programs in the world. I am proud to be
affiliated with it, and it is the most academically challenging program I have ever
participated in."
Enzo Cannizzo, NY
U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security
Special Agent
“During my employment with the United States
Department of Justice, Treasury and
presently the United States Department of Homeland
Security the hard work for the LL.M in International Tax
provided me with exceptional knowledge foundation.
The knowledge foundation assisted in complex
investigations that addressed international money
laundering, banking fraud and national security
matters.”
Brodrick Penn, BVI
BVI Financial Commission
Deputy Director
“.. [W]alter H. & Dorothy B. Diamond
Graduate International Tax Program
offers a unique opportunity to study
dynamic areas of law …. The program's
unique delivery transcends global
boundaries and imparts knowledge on an
unequalled diversity of students and
lecturers alike."
Issue 9: Going after your Testimonials by level / by
type of job
23. sample library / database training
Databases: Proprietary and Aggregators
Lexis-Nexis Westlaw Checkpoint Commercial Laws of the World
World Tax Executive Sweet & Maxwell CCH BNA BNA International
Butterworths IBFD Tax Analysts Quick Law Lois Law
Matthew Bender Oceana Foreign Law Publishers IBLS CompliNet
E-book libraries
E-library Questia E-net Google Book Library Google Scholar Search
Issue 10: bells and whistles
24. Career & Alumni Services
I. Student Guidance / firm & recruiter presentations by webinar
II. Concentrations: Evaluate annually market shifts
III. Certification Waivers
IV. Professional Association Networking
V. Alumni Engagement in virtual community
VI. Entry Level Internships in alumni jobs database
VII: High Paying Jobs in alumni jobs database
Issue 10: after market service