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Eric B. Sensenbrenner

Partner, Skadden

202-371-7198eric.sensenbrenner@skadden.com

1440 New York Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20005

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Eric Sensenbrenner represents clients on a broad range of U.S. and international tax matters, with a particular emphasis on transactional tax planning in the international context.

Sensenbrenner has extensive experience in assisting clients in the planning and execution of mergers, acquisitions and spin-offs, and in structuring cross-border investments and capital markets transactions. He previously served as head of Skadden’s global Tax Group.

Lawdragon Honors

Honor Year Practice
The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Tax Lawyers 2026 M&A, Tax Transactional, International
The Inaugural Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Tax Lawyers 2025 M&A, Tax Transactional, International

He has worked on tax matters for The AES Corporation, Apple Inc., Becton, Dickinson & Co., Broadcom Corporation, Eli Lilly and Company, EMC Corporation, Ford Motor Company, Hewlett-Packard Company, IBM Corporation, Pfizer Inc., Visa Inc. and Yahoo! Inc.

Sensenbrenner regularly advises U.S. and international multinational companies in connection with cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and post-acquisition restructuring and integration transactions, and represents clients in connection with structuring cross-border investments, including the formation of U.S. and foreign joint ventures. Sensenbrenner also regularly advises clients with respect to international tax planning matters generally, including subpart F, the foreign tax credit and transfer pricing. He is a frequent author and lecturer on topics related to corporate and international taxation.