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Erik Corwin

Principal, Corporate, Washington National Tax, KPMG US

Washington DC
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Erik Corwin

Principal, Corporate, Washington National Tax

Erik Corwin focuses on domestic and international transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, financings, and restructurings.  Erik has extensive experience working with clients in the asset management industry, including private equity funds, other alternative investment funds, and regulated investment companies.

Prior to joining KPMG in April 2016, Erik served for four-and-a-half years as Deputy Chief Counsel (Technical) at the Internal Revenue Service. In that role, Erik oversaw the Chief Counsel offices responsible for corporate tax, international tax, financial institutions and products, income tax and accounting, and partnership tax, among others. He also led the IRS’s published guidance program.

Before his IRS tenure, Erik was a partner at Ropes & Gray LLP, where he represented private equity funds and public companies with respect to federal tax aspects of mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, and financings; advised creditors and debtors regarding federal tax aspects of workouts and bankruptcy; and served as tax counsel to mutual funds. He was also a previously a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP.

He is a member of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation and has served as vice chair and chair-elect of its Corporate Tax Committee. He has also served as a member of the Tax Advisory Group of the Investment Company Institute. Erik is a frequent speaker on tax topics, including at events sponsored by the Tax Executives Institute, American Bar Association Section of Taxation, Practising Law Institute, Federal Bar Association, and Investment Company Institute.

Erik has a JD degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where he was a member of the Harvard Law Review. He also has an AM degree from the Department of Government at Harvard University, and an AB degree, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Harvard College.

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