Associate Dean William H. Byrnes,
IV, pioneered online legal education
through creating the first Internet-delivered
LL.M. in the United States offered by a law
school that is accredited by the American
Bar Association.
Dean Byrnes
was a senior manager, then associate director
of international tax for Coopers and Lybrand
which subsequently amalgamated into PricewaterhouseCoopers,
practicing in Africa, Europe, Asia, and the
Caribbean. His primary clients at Coopers
and Lybrand were multinational investment
banks, insurance and technology companies
and company service providers. He has
been employed as a consultant to a number
of governments on their tax policy, including
South Africa, Botswana, The United Kingdom,
the British Virgin Islands, The Turks and
Caicos Islands, Anguilla and Montserrat.
For
Thomson-West, he is the revisions author of
eight topics of Mertens Law of Federal Income
taxation: Treatise and Rulings, totaling over
3,000 pages, including Nonresident Aliens
& Foreign Corps (Mertens, no. 45), and
a co-author for Claims for Refund (Mertens,
no. 58), Income Tax Returns and Disclosure
(Mertens, no. 47) and Alimony and Divorce
(Mertens, no. 31A). For Thomson Tax,
he was the author for the US Chapter for International
Tax Systems and Planning Techniques.
Besides
co-authoring and editing several course books
published in cooperation with Kluwer Law International
for the Walter H. & Dorothy B. Diamond
graduate program, such as Principles of International
Taxation, Tax Treaties, and also Offshore
Financial Centers, he is the co-author for
International Trust Laws & Analysis (Kluwer
Law International) being renamed International
Trust, Company Laws, & Wealth Management
(with Analysis). He is the co-author
for a new treatise Anti Money Laundering,
Compliance, & Asset Forfeiture (Wolters
Kluwer Financial Services).
He
is the revising co-author of Tax and Trade
Briefs, Tax Havens of the World, as well as
Treaty Withholding Guide, Matthew Bender (New
York). Moreover, he co-authored the book
Tax Reform for South Africa and served as
Managing Editor of the Exchange Control Encyclopaedia,
which was amalgamated into Butterworths’
Exchange Control Encyclopaedia.
He
has published law review articles in the US
and Roman history of charity law and on legal
pedagogy, as well as articles on education
in finance magazines. He is currently
in substantial completion of three draft articles:
the history of Jewish charity law, the history
and treatment of the company limited by guarantee,
and finally, a current survey of legal pedagogy.
His
over 100 conference and training presentations
have included topics as diverse as forecasting
economics of B2B integrated supply chains
to establishing and maintaining a family office
department. Professor Byrnes also created
the STEP international tax planning training
program, which he has taught globally to hundreds
of STEP members. Professor Byrnes’
dissertation for his three year fellowship
at the IBFD and the University of Amsterdam
was on International Transfer Pricing.
Scholarship
Books
and & Treatises
International
Trust & Company Laws, Wealth Management
and Tax Planning formerly known as International
Trust Laws & Analysis (Kluwer Law International)
(Co-Author with Dr. Robert Munro, to be re-issued
2009).
Tax
Treaty Withholding Guide, Matthew Bender (New
York) (Co-Author with Dr. Robert Munro).
Money
Laundering, Terrorist Financing, Asset Forfeiture
& Compliance (a Global Guide) (Wolters
Kluwer Financial Services) (Co-Author with
Dr. Robert Munro, forthcoming 2009).
Tax
and Trade Briefs, Matthew Bender (New York)
(Editor to Walter Diamond 1998 - 1999) (Co-Author
with Dr. Robert Munro).
Tax
Havens of the World Matthew Bender (New York)
(Co-Author with Dr. Robert Munro).
Principles
of International Taxation (1st edition), Central
Law Training of Wilmington Publishers, London,
October 2004.
Report
to the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth
Office on the Crown Overseas Territories of
Bermuda, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands,
Turks & Caicos Islands, Anguilla and Montserrat
and on The States of Barbados, Bahamas and
Panama Regarding the Regulatory, Competitive,
Economic and Socio-Economic Impact of the
European Union Code of Conduct on Business
Taxation and Tax Savings Directive (United
Kingdom Foreign * Commonwealth Office, 2004).
Principles
of International Taxation (1st edition), Central
Law Training, Wilmington Publishers, London,
October 2004.
Tax
Reform for South Africa, International Law
and Tax Institute, Geneva, 1995 (Co-Author
with Professor Barry Spitz, Paris).
Exchange
Control Encyclopaedia (Fourth edition) International
Law and Tax Institute, Geneva, 1995 (Managing
Editor). Publication taken over by Butterworths,
1996.
Articles,
Book Chapters and Other Article-Length Works
Business
Expenses: Deductible or Capitalizable, Ch.
25, Mertens Law of Federal Income taxation:
Treatise and Rulings, West Publishing (2009
forthcoming) pp 350.
Depreciation,
Chapter 24, Mertens Law of Federal Income
taxation: Treatise and Rulings, West Publishing
(2009 forthcoming) pp.400.
Interest,
Rent, Annuities, and Receipts Chapter 6A,
Mertens Law of Federal Income taxation: Treatise
and Rulings, West Publishing (2009 forthcoming)
pp.400.
Depletion
and Other Deductions Related to Natural Resources
Chapter 24, Mertens Law of Federal Income
taxation: Treatise and Rulings, West Publishing
(2009 forthcoming) pp.213.
Nonresident
Aliens & Foreign Corps, Ch. 45, Mertens
Law of Federal Income taxation: Treatise and
Rulings, West Publishing (2008), pp. 350.
Claims
for Refund, Ch. 58, Mertens Law of Federal
Income taxation: Treatise and Rulings, West
Publishing (2008) pp.250.
Income
Tax Returns and Disclosure, Ch. 47, Mertens
Law of Federal Income taxation: Treatise and
Rulings, West Publishing (2008) pp. 300+.
Alimony
and Divorce, Ch. 31A, Mertens Law of Federal
Income taxation: Treatise and Rulings, West
Publishing (2008) pp. 275+.
India
chapter, Electronic Commerce, Oxford University
Press (2009) (Co-Author).
Singapore
chapter, Electronic Commerce, Oxford University
Press (2009) (Co-Author).
Brazil
chapter, Electronic Commerce, Oxford University
Press (2009) (Editor, Co-Author).
Russia
chapter, Electronic Commerce, Oxford University
Press (Editor, Co-Author)
Japan
chapter, Electronic Commerce, Oxford University
Press (Editor, Co-Author).
St.
Kitts & Nevis chapter, Electronic Commerce,
Oxford University Press (Editor, Co-Author).
Ancient
Roman Munificence: The Development of the
Practice and Law Of Charity, 57 Rutgers L.
Rev. 1043 (2005)
US
Chapter, International Tax Systems and Planning
Techniques, Roy Saunders and Miles Dean, Thomson
Tax, 1999 – continuing, bi-annually
updated, pp.100+ (Chapter Editor and Author).
Ancient
Roman Munificence: The Development Of The
Practice And Law Of Charity. (Vol. 57 No 3
2005).- 67 pages
The
Private Foundation’s Topsy Turvy Road
In The American Political Process. 4 Hous.
Bus. & Tax L. J. (Vol 4. 2005). http://www.hbtlj.org/v04/v04Byrnessn.html
- 95 pages
A
Review of the Development of an Internet Delivered
LL.M. Program in the United States, 3 Journal
of Information Law & Technology (2001)
Developments
in Transfer Pricing: the OECD 1994 Draft Report
& the United States' Treasury Regulations,
2 European Law Student Association law Review
44 (1995)
Subjects
Include:
International
Tax Planning, International & Offshore
Financial Services, Tax Treaties, Transfer
Pricing, Commonwealth Company Law, Civil law,
Pedagogy & Linguistics
