Christopher P. Bowers

Mr. Bowers focuses on issues arising in cross-border financings, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and foreign tax credit planning.

Before joining Skadden in 2014, Mr. Bowers was a partner at another global law firm. Prior to that, he was a partner in the International Corporate Services Group at KPMG LLP’s Washington National Tax Office. Earlier in his career, he clerked for Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and the Hon. Pamela Ann Rymer of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Mr. Bowers has been repeatedly listed as one of the country’s leading tax practitioners in Chambers USA and a leading tax advisor in the International Tax Review’s World Tax guide. He also has been recognized as a leading lawyer by The Legal 500 and honored as Best Lawyers’ Washington, D.C. Tax Law Lawyer of the Year. Additionally, he is named as a top tax professional in Expert Guides’ Guide to the World’s Leading Tax Advisers, Euromoney’s Best of the Best USA Expert Guide, The International Who’s Who of Corporate Tax Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America.

Mr. Bowers has co-authored numerous articles on a wide range of international topics that have been published in leading tax journals, including Tax Management International Journal, Tax Notes and Tax Notes International. He also served as adjunct professor for international taxation at Georgetown University Law Center and as an adjunct professor of law for corporate taxation at the George Mason University School of Law.