Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered

Based predominantly in Washington DC, the tax controversies practice at Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered ‘has some of the premier practitioners in criminal tax defense’. Scott Michel, who has great experience in representing high-net-worth and internationally prominent individual and corporate clients in criminal and civil tax controversies, and Charles Ruchelman , who has notable expertise in the taxation of captive insurance arrangements, are the lead partners. In the same DC office, Niles Elber is a standout partner for both civil and criminal tax matters, where his work includes administrative and grand jury tax investigations. Michel and Mark Matthews, who focuses on cases involving undisclosed foreign bank accounts and unreported foreign assets, are ’top-tier in civil and criminal tax matters’. They recently assisted one of the country’s wealthiest individuals in concluding a criminal tax investigation by the  Mark Allison is the key contact in New York, where he acts for multi-national corporations, financial institutions, sovereign wealth funds, global high-net-worth individuals, family offices and professional athletes and entertainers. Christopher Rizek has left the firm.