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Permanent Establishment, BEPS & The Digital Economy
January 2021
London

Jonathan Schwarz
Barrister at TEMPLE TAX CHAMBERS
Speaker

Profile

Jonathan Schwarz is an English Barrister at Temple Tax Chambers in London and is also a Canadian Barrister and a South African Advocate. His practice focuses on international tax disputes as counsel and as an expert and advises on solving cross-border tax problems.

He is a visiting Professor at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London where he leads the LLM (International Tax Law) Programme.

He is the author of Schwarz on Tax Treaties 4th Ed and Booth and Schwarz: Residence, Domicile and UK Taxation 19th Ed among other publications and a contributor to Transfer Pricing and Business Restructurings: Streamlining all the way. He has been listed as a leading tax Barrister in both the Legal 500 by reference to recommendation for international corporate tax, and Chambers' Guide to the Legal Profession by reference to international transactions and particular expertise in transfer pricing. The Legal 500 has commented that ‘Jonathan Schwarz is a client favourite, particularly for international transactions.’ In the Chambers Guide he is commended for his ‘encyclopaedic knowledge of double tax treaties’ and described as “clearly amongst the best international tax barristers”. In Who's Who Legal UK Bar 2016, he is lauded for his “brilliant” handling of cross-border tax problems.

He was served on the EU Commission Group of experts on removing tax problems facing individuals who are active across borders within the EU from June 2014 to November 2015 and was appointed to the Permanent Scientific Committee of the International Fiscal Association in September 2016. Further details at www.taxbarristers.com

Agenda Sessions

  • Chair's Closing Remarks

    17:15
  • Chair's Opening Remarks

    08:55
  • Current PE meaning and issues

    09:00
  • Panel: Permanent Establishment and the Digital Economy

    12:35