Scott Levine is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Tax Practice Group, based in the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Prior to joining the Firm, Scott most recently served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary (International Tax Affairs) in the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where he led the Office of Tax Policy’s work on international affairs, including regulations, treaties, and the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS negotiations on Pillar 1 and Pillar 2. He has significant experience advising multinational companies on the tax aspects of corporate transactions, including cross-border and domestic mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs and other divestitures, restructurings, financing, and joint ventures, and he has negotiated private letter rulings with the Internal Revenue Service in the corporate, international, financial instruments, and energy tax credit areas.