Summer Austin

Summer Austin joined Baker McKenzie’s Tax Practice Group in 2006. She has spent most of her time based in the Washington, DC office and was seconded to the Dusseldorf office during 2011 and 2012, where she worked with colleagues in Germany and throughout Europe.

Summer’s practice focuses on tax dispute resolution, transfer pricing, and international tax planning. Specific to the field of tax dispute resolution, Summer has significant experience in audit defense and tax litigation as well as Competent Authority matters and Advance Pricing Agreements. She has extensive experience in addressing transfer pricing issues, both within the planning and dispute resolution contexts. This includes analysis of intercompany services, IP transactions, value chain transformations, and evaluation of substance requirements in light of BEPS. Summer has also advised clients on a variety of international tax matters, including permanent establishment and other treaty matters, as well as impacts of US tax reform.

Prior to joining the Firm, Summer completed a judicial clerkship for Justice R. Malcolm Graham at the Massachusetts Appeals Court (2005-2006). She also taught as an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law Center during the spring of 2010 and the spring of 2011.