Christopher J. Sowden
Professional Experience
- The Wagner Law Group, A Professional Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts.
March 2000 - present
Partner
All
aspects
of qualified and nonqualified retirement and deferred compensation plans
and arrangements of taxable and tax exempt employers.
Practicebefore IRS,
DOL and PBGC in examinations, correction programs, ruling requests and litigation.
Employeebenefit issues
in mergers and acquisitions.
Fiduciaryresponsibility
and prohibited transaction issues.
ESOPfinancings.
- Reid and Riege, P.C., Hartford, Connecticut. 1989-2000
- Partner in Employee Benefits Department of 50-attorney law firm. Areas of practice as above
- Grove, Jaskiewicz, Gilliam & Cobert, Washington, D.C. 1982-1989
- Corporate taxation, including U.S. taxation of foreign entities and treaty work; employee benefits; and estate planning.
- Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin, Washington, D.C. 1978-1982
- Corporate and partnership taxation; Tax Court and ERISA litigation; exempt organizations; and employee benefits.
- Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Washington, D.C. 1977-1978
- Law clerk
- Barrister, Lincoln's Inn, London, England 1971-1976
Education
- George Washington University, Washington, D.C. Master of Comparative Law, 1978
- Inns of Court School Of Law, London, England. Barrister at Law, 1971
- University of Oxford, Oxford, England. B.A., 1970; M.A., 1976; Merit Scholarship
Bar Admissions
- Massachusetts
- Connecticut
- U.S. Tax Court
- District of Columbia
- England & Wales