Michael develops and provides solutions to clients and stakeholders focused on delivering measurable value. His approach emphasizes compliance, risk mitigation, increasing cash tax benefit, minimizing effective tax rate and leveraging existing competencies and processes. He is a Managing Director in WTP Advisors transfer pricing and valuation practice. He has more than 25 years of international industry and professional services experience concerning transfer pricing, valuation, structuring, process design and tax controversy management.

Michael has deep expertise in valuation and transfer pricing concerning intangible assets. His experience includes the creation, design, and implementation of global structures and processes for intangibles creation, use, ownership and transfer pricing. He has also led and operated these structures including due diligence and integration of intangibles acquired in M&A and JVs, financial and functional analyses, operational and compliance documentation, APAs, and audit defenses in numerous jurisdictions.

Prior to WTP, Michael developed and led Cargill’s global intangibles ownership and transfer pricing structure. Earlier, he held leadership roles in the finance consulting practices of Deloitte and PwC providing M&A, JV, licensing, partnering, transfer pricing, and valuation consulting. He was a national resource and leader of intellectual property valuation and holding company services to multinationals across a variety of industries.