CHASE COUNSEL
PLLC

Cross-Border U.S. Law

United States Legal Counsel for Cross-Border Matters

Chase Counsel PLLC advises individuals, businesses, nonprofit organizations, fiduciaries, and professional advisers on selected cross-border matters involving United States law.

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Chase Sizemore, Attorney

Chase Sizemore, JD, LLM

Chase Sizemore has more than thirty years of legal and advisory experience in the United States and Asia. His professional background includes substantial work involving businesses, international transactions, immigration, nonprofit organizations, and cross-border matters involving United States law.

He lived and worked for extended periods in South Korea, the People's Republic of China, and Hong Kong SAR. His experience includes advising individuals, businesses, executives, nonprofit organizations, and international clients on United States legal issues arising in transactions and activities spanning multiple jurisdictions.

He earned an LLM in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center. His graduate tax studies included U.S. international taxation and transfer pricing. He earned his JD, cum laude, from Brigham Young University Law School and his B.B.A. in Accounting from the College of William & Mary.

He is admitted in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia and before the United States Tax Court.

Education

  • • LLM in Taxation, Georgetown University Law Center
  • • JD, cum laude, Brigham Young University Law School
  • • B.B.A. in Accounting, College of William & Mary
  • • M.S. Candidate in Nonprofit Management, Columbia University

Bar Admissions

  • • District of Columbia
  • • Maryland
  • • Virginia

Federal Court Admissions

  • • Supreme Court of the United States
  • • U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
  • • U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
  • • United States Tax Court

Cross-Border U.S. Legal Matters

International transactions and relationships frequently create United States legal consequences even when people, assets, companies, or operations are located abroad. Chase Counsel provides U.S. legal analysis and representation in selected matters where domestic law intersects with international activity.

U.S. Legal Issues Arising from International Business Transactions

Cross-Border Corporate and Commercial Matters

Transactions Involving U.S. and Foreign Individuals or Entities

Coordination with Foreign Counsel and Professional Advisers

U.S. Legal Review of International Agreements and Structures

U.S. Regulatory and Compliance Issues Affecting International Activity

Selected International Investment and Business Matters

International and Cross-Border Federal Tax Matters

Chase Counsel PLLC advises on selected U.S. federal tax matters involving foreign income, assets, investments, ownership interests, and business operations.

FIRPTA and U.S. Real-Property Transactions Involving Foreign Persons

FATCA, Form 8938, FBAR, and Foreign Financial Asset Reporting

Foreign Corporations, Partnerships, Trusts, and International Information Returns

International Information-Return Penalties

U.S. Withholding and Forms W-8, 1042, and 1042-S

Tax Treaty Issues and Treaty Benefits

Foreign Tax Credits

Controlled Foreign Corporations and Subpart F

Effectively Connected Income

Transfer Pricing under § 482

IRS Examinations and Controversies Involving International Tax and Reporting Issues

International Business and Transactions

Chase Counsel advises on selected U.S. legal issues affecting businesses and investors engaged in international transactions, investments, joint ventures, financing arrangements, and corporate structures.

Cross-Border Transactions

Corporate Structuring Involving U.S. Entities

International Joint Ventures

U.S. Aspects of Acquisitions and Reorganizations

Contract Review and Negotiation

Due Diligence

Coordination with Foreign Counsel

U.S. Regulatory and Compliance Considerations

Selected Immigration & Global Mobility Matters

Cross-border business and personal matters may also require United States immigration planning. Chase Counsel accepts selected immigration and global mobility engagements involving executives, investors, businesses, and internationally mobile individuals.

Include selected matters such as:

Employment-Based Immigration

Intracompany Transferees

Treaty Traders and Investors

Corporate and Executive Mobility

Permanent Residence in Selected Matters

Citizenship and Naturalization

Consular and Cross-Border Immigration Matters

International Nonprofit Operations

The firm advises U.S. nonprofit organizations on selected legal issues involving overseas programs, foreign grantmaking, foreign partners, affiliated organizations, and international charitable activity.

Foreign Grantmaking

Expenditure Responsibility

Equivalency Determinations

Foreign Implementing Partners

International Program Agreements

Cross-Border Nonprofit Governance

U.S. Sanctions and Restricted-Party Compliance

Oversight and Controls for Overseas Programs

Experience Across the United States and Asia

Chase Sizemore's professional experience includes extended periods working in South Korea, the People's Republic of China, and Hong Kong SAR. That background provides practical familiarity with the commercial, professional, and operational issues that arise when U.S. legal requirements intersect with international transactions and relationships.

United States Law in International Matters

Chase Counsel PLLC provides advice concerning United States law. Where a matter also requires advice concerning the law of another jurisdiction, the firm may coordinate with appropriately qualified foreign counsel or other professional advisers.

Request a Cross-Border U.S. Law Consultation

Provide brief, nonconfidential information about the countries involved and the United States legal issue. Chase Counsel PLLC will review the submission for conflicts and matter fit before substantive legal advice is provided.

Do not submit confidential documents, government identification numbers, complete financial account information, or other sensitive information through this form. The firm will advise you if additional information or documents are needed after conflicts review.

Contacting Chase Counsel PLLC does not create an attorney-client relationship. An attorney-client relationship is established only through a written engagement agreement accepted by the firm and the client. Chase Counsel PLLC advises on United States law and does not undertake to provide legal advice concerning foreign law unless expressly stated in a written engagement.