Overview
Justen Ghwee is a director in Kaufman Rossin’s International Tax practice, primarily based in Miami. He provides transfer pricing consulting with respect to cross-border intercompany goods, intangibles, services and financial transactions.
As a Transfer Pricing Tax Advisor, Justen has held multiple positions with increasing responsibility providing master recommendations, consultancy, and direction on transfer pricing tax to US and non-US multinational corporations, financial institutions, and partnerships. He has successfully delivered over 1,000 discrete transfer pricing tax planning projects and 350+ discrete transfer pricing tax documentation projects (e.g., Country-by-Country Report, Master File and Local Files).
Justen has successfully defended corporations and financial institutions in transfer pricing tax audit and examination by the IRS. He has served as lead partner to multinational enterprises to negotiate and close bilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) with the IRS and non-US tax authorities.
Prior to joining Kaufman Rossin, Justen was a Tax Managing Director at a Big4 firm based in New York for 16 years and a lecturer at the University of California – Davis.
Justen earned his Bachelor and Master of Commerce from Hitotsubashi University. He also earned his Master of Science in Economics and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Texas.
Education
Bachelor of Commerce, Hitotsubashi University
Master of Commerce, Hitotsubashi University
Master of Science, Economics, University of Texas at Austin
Doctor of Philosophy, Economics, University of Texas at Austin
