Michael Sardar will participate on a panel titled “Balancing Tax Planning, Advocacy, and Professional Ethics: The Rules That Every Corporate Tax Advisor Should Know” for the Practising Law Institute’s conference on Tax Strategies for Corporate Acquisitions, Dispositions, Spin-Offs, Joint Ventures, Financings, Reorganizations & Restructurings.
The panel, which will be held on Oct. 22, 2025, at 4:45 p.m., will focus on the various judicial doctrines and ethical issues that arise in the corporate tax planning process. After completing this session, participants will be able to:
- Identify the ethical rules related to advising clients on corporate transactions, including standards derived from the Internal Revenue Code, Circular 230, the AICPA Statements on Standards for Tax Services, and the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct
- Avoid the ethical pitfalls that arise when providing tax opinions and recommending return positions
- Avoid civil and criminal penalties potentially applicable to taxpayers and practitioners
Michael will be joined by S. Starling Marshall of Crowell & Moring LLP.
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About Michael
Michael represents clients in all stages of civil and criminal tax controversies before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), state tax authorities, the Department of Justice, and local prosecutors. He has also represented scores of clients with unreported foreign assets, enabling the repatriation of over half a billion dollars of offshore assets through the IRS Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program, the Streamlined Compliance Procedures, and the IRS’ current Voluntary Disclosure Practice.
