Arthur Pasternak

Mr. Pasternak, a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Washington D.C.
office, joined the firm in 1983.
He is the Chair of the Firm's Corporate Tax Practice group and focuses on advice to foreign corporations and individuals regarding real estate investments and corporate acquisitions in the United States and Europe; U.S.
clients with respect to international activities; and domestic corporations and partnerships on U.S.
tax issues generally.
Prior to joining the firm's Tax Department full-time, Mr. Pasternak practiced in both Tax Department and in the Corporations Department, where he concentrated in mergers and acquisitions and in transitions involving major financial institutions.
He was the primary lawyer responsible for the taxpayer's victory in SDI Netherlands B.V.
v.
Commissioner, 107 T.C.
161 (1996), upholding the international tax structure involving the receipt and payment of royalties by a Netherlands corporation including royalties received from an affiliated U.S.
corporation.
Mr. Pasternak received his law degree from Yale Law School and graduated magna cum laude in 1979 from Brown University, where he majored in mathematics.