Joan C. Arnold is a partner with Pepper Hamilton LLP, resident in the Philadelphia office, where she is the chair of the Tax Practice Group, and focuses her practice on federal and international income tax. Joan has more than 30 years of significant experience in domestic and cross border M&A, and corporate international tax counseling, including substantial tax experience in the private equity arena.
Joan is the vice chair of the American College of Tax Counsel, and vice president and a member of the executive committee of the U.S. Branch of the International Fiscal Association.
In Philadelphia, she is president of the Philadelphia Tax Conference. In Washington D.C., Joan is on the executive committee of the George Washington/IRS Annual International Tax Institute.
Joan is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and was named the Philadelphia Best Lawyers Tax Lawyer of the Year for 2010. She was selected for inclusion on the 2013 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list and also is listed in The International Who’s Who of Corporate Tax Lawyers, The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers and Who’s Who Legal International – Corporate Tax 2013.
Before entering private practice, Joan was vice president, associate general tax counsel for Citicorp, a full-time faculty member at Rutgers University School of Law – Camden, and a consultant in international tax to KPMG Peat Marwick in its national office. She holds a B.A. (mathematics) from Wagner College, a J.D. from Villanova University School of Law, and an LL.M. (taxation) from New York University School of Law.