David H. Shapiro is a principal in the International Tax Services (ITS) practice of the Washington National Tax office of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC). His practice focuses on advising U.S. and non-U.S. multinational companies and investment funds with respect to tax planning issues associated with international and financial transactions.
David most recently rejoined PwC in September 2009, after having served in the Office of Tax Policy at the United States Treasury. As the Treasury's Senior Counsel (Financial Products - Domestic & International), he was primarily responsible for tax issues and published guidance related to domestic and cross-border financial products and transactions. While at the Treasury, he was also heavily involved in developing tax policy, guidance and legislation surrounding the government's response to the liquidity crisis of 2008-2009.
Prior to joining the Treasury in September 2007, David was a principal in the ITS practice of PwC's Washington National Tax office. He initially joined PwC in January 2000, after having practiced tax law with Dewey Ballantine LLP, and he became a principal with PwC in 2005.
David is an adjunct professor of law in Georgetown University's LL.M. Program in Taxation, where he has taught a course on international tax since 2003. He actively participates on the financial transaction tax committees of the American Bar Association and the D.C. Bar Association, most recently serving as chairman of the D.C Bar committee before resigning upon his appointment to the Treasury. He is the author of the Tax Management Portfolio on the "Taxation of Equity Derivatives," and has also published many articles relating to the taxation of international and financial transactions.
David received an LL.M in Taxation from the New York University School of Law, where he served as an editor of the Tax Law Review. He holds a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was on the editorial board of the Virginia Tax Review. He also received an A.B., with honors, from Princeton University and is a member of the Bar in New York State and the District of Columbia.