John L. Harrington

John L. Harrington is a Partner at Dentons and a member of the firm's US Tax practice. His practice focuses on Tax Law, advising clients on inbound and outbound transactional and compliance issues, international tax legislative, regulatory and treaty matters, and a variety of domestic tax issues.

John has extensive experience in dealing with the foreign tax credit, with subpart F and cross-border activities of companies and individuals, and with other international tax issues. His recent experience includes acting for the seller in relation to the sale of all of the issued and outstanding shares of MaxBounty, ULC to German-based fund Mrge.

Prior to joining Dentons, John served as international tax counsel for the Department of Treasury, where he worked closely with the Internal Revenue Service in developing regulations and other administrative guidance. He represented the Treasury Department and worked with congressional committees and staff on tax treaties and international tax aspects of legislation, and served as the United States' representative at meetings of the OECD Committee on Fiscal Affairs and at WTO meetings on tax-related trade disputes.

Before joining the Treasury Department, John was tax counsel on the US House Committee on Ways and Means, responsible for international, pass-through entities, financial institutions and products, real estate, environment, energy and other tax issues. He holds a JD from Columbia Law School and a BS from the University of Florida, and is recognised by Chambers Global as a Notable Practitioner and by The Legal 500 US for International Tax and Non-Contentious Tax.