Dirk Suringa chairs the firm's Tax Practice Group. He advises clients on the Federal income tax aspects of domestic and international transactions and structures and represents clients before the Internal Revenue Service, the Treasury Department, and in the Federal courts. Dirk served as Attorney-Advisor in the Department of the Treasury's Office of International Tax Counsel from 2000 to 2003. From 1996 to 1997, he clerked for the Honorable Gerald B. Tjoflat, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Dirk is the Executive Vice President of the International Fiscal Association, U.S. Branch. He is the author of the Bloomberg "Tax Management Portfolio on the Foreign Tax Credit Limitation."