Tamu Law alumnus is awarded a merit scholarship

Posted by Texas A&M School of Law on Jun 11, 2019 4:53:12 PM
Texas A&M University School of Law alumnus, Aaron Mitchell, was awarded the Dean's Graduate Award Scholarship to attend New York University's Graduate Tax Program. Mitchell received his bachelor's degree in economics from Texas A&M University in 2016 and completed his J.D. this May.
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Topics: Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University School of Law, WILLIAM H. BYRNES, tamu law

TAMU Law Faculty In Demand

Posted by Texas A&M School of Law on Mar 22, 2019 5:03:57 PM

Texas A&M University School of Law faculty members are asked to speak internationally about topics they know will impact the global community. 

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Topics: Texas A&M University School of Law, WILLIAM H. BYRNES, Gabriel Eckstein, Thomas Mitchell, tamu law, carol pauli

TAMU Law professor invited to join Cambridge Forums

Posted by Texas A&M School of Law on Dec 13, 2018 6:32:08 PM

Texas A&M University School of Law Professor William Byrnes is the only academic invited to join the Cambridge Forumstransfer pricing workshop in Frankfurt, Germany.  The workshop is an invitation-only event, limited to 20 leaders who will spend three days together to "develop meaningful relationships" with hiring partners of several global law firms and directors of multinational tax departments.

The Cambridge Forums website says, "The Forum is not for everybody.  Those nominated for invitation have demonstrated their excellence in this field and can confidently share their knowledge and experiences while being open to learning from their peers."  

Byrnes is a leading expert in anti-money laundering and risk management, financial planning and wealth management, international taxation and taxation. He is also recognized as a pioneer and leader for distance, legal education. Recently, he participated in a faculty series, "Exploring Pedagogy and Online Legal Education," held at the University of Memphis School of Law. 

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Topics: Texas A&M University, Aggies, Texas A&M, Texas A&M University School of Law, School of Law, Law Professor, Aggie, Association of Former Students, WILLIAM H. BYRNES

Law professor's collaboration with fellow Aggie professor gets recognized by the United Nations

Posted by Texas A&M School of Law on Nov 21, 2018 1:26:03 PM

Texas A&M University School of Law Professor William Byrnes published a lead article entitled, “Transfer Pricing and State Aid: The Unintended Consequences of Advance Pricing Agreements (Volume 25, 2018),” in the United Nations’ UNCTAD Journal. Byrnes and co-author Lorraine Eden, of the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University, were selected by the United Nations’ World Investment Forum (WIF) committee to present the research of the article at the biennial WIF in mid-October. The WIF gathers 3,500 political leaders and diplomats, policy makers and large corporations.

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Topics: Texas A&M University, Aggies, Texas A&M, Texas A&M University School of Law, School of Law, Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, Law Professor, Aggie, WILLIAM H. BYRNES

Law Professor William Byrnes selected as faculty affiliate

Posted by Texas A&M School of Law on Oct 23, 2018 1:23:33 PM

Texas A&M University School of Law's William Byrnes was selected as a faculty affiliate for the Texas A&M Energy Institute. Being an affiliate makes him eligible to apply for the internal seed grant program that is approaching its fifth year and affords his students opportunities to apply for graduate fellowships or undergraduate internships. Professor Byrnes will also have a profile page on the institute's webpage as a faculty affiliate and be given the opportunity to become involved in lecture series and showcase to a broad audience.

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Topics: Texas A&M, Texas A&M University School of Law, WILLIAM H. BYRNES

William Byrnes debates with Former IRS Official

Posted by Texas A&M School of Law on Sep 25, 2018 9:45:32 AM

Texas A&M University School of Law Professor William Byrnes will speak October 5 at the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Fall Tax meeting in Atlanta, GA.

William Byrnes will debate with a former IRS official, Barbara Mantegani, whether the new BEAT (an alternative minimum tax regime for foreign corporations’ US income) is a treaty override.

Byrnes says, “Barbara and I have flipped a coin for opposite positions on whether the unfavorable treatment of foreign tax credits for BEAT purposes applies in a treaty context?" 

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Topics: Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University School of Law, Fort Worth, TX, Law Professor, WILLIAM H. BYRNES

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About Texas A&M School of Law

Texas A&M School of Law is an American Bar Association-accredited institution located in downtown Fort Worth. Since integrating with Texas A&M University in 2013, the law school has sustained a remarkable upward trajectory — dramatically increasing entering class credentials; improving U.S. News and World Report rankings; hiring more than 30 new faculty members; and adding more than 10 clinics and six global field study destinations. In the past several years the law school has greatly expanded its academic programs to serve the needs of non-lawyer professionals in a variety of complex and highly regulated industries such as cybersecurity, energy and natural resources, finance, and healthcare.

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Texas A&M, established in 1876 as the first public university in Texas, is one of the nation’s largest universities with more than 66,000 students and more than 440,000 living alumni residing in over 150 countries around the world. A tier-one university, Texas A&M holds the rare triple land-, sea- and space-grant designation. Research conducted at Texas A&M represented annual expenditures of more than $905.4 million in fiscal year 2017. Texas A&M’s research creates new knowledge that provides basic, fundamental and applied contributions resulting, in many cases, in economic benefits to the state, nation and world.

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As one of the world's leading research institutions, Texas A&M is at the forefront in making significant contributions to scholarship and discovery, including that of science and technology. Research conducted at Texas A&M represented annual expenditures of more than $905.4 million in fiscal year 2017. Texas A&M ranked in the top 20 of the National Science Foundation’s Higher Education Research and Development survey (2016), based on expenditures of more than $892.7 million in fiscal year 2016. Texas A&M’s research creates new knowledge that provides basic, fundamental and applied contributions resulting, in many cases, in economic benefits to the state, nation and world.

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