Christopher J. Sowden, Esq.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

The Wagner Law Group, A Professional Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts. March 2000 ­

All aspects of qualified and nonqualified retirement and deferred compensation plans and arrangements of taxable and tax exempt employers.
Practice before IRS, DOL and PBGC in examinations, correction programs, ruling requests and litigation.
Employee benefit issues in mergers and acquisitions.
Fiduciary responsibility and prohibited transaction issues.
ESOP financings.

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

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

BAR ADMISSIONS

Massachusetts
Connecticut
U.S. Tax Court
District of Columbia
England & Wales

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