Bio

Julie Divola practice focuses on the tax aspects of corporate and partnership transactions, including domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions and restructurings, joint ventures and spin-offs. Julie, the leader of Pillsbury’s San Francisco Tax practice, is experienced in federal income tax planning for business and financial transactions. She advises on the tax aspects of all manner of domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and restructurings. Julie is the chair of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation, where she previously served as chair of the Diversity in the Profession Committee, vice chair (Publications), editor-in-chief of The Tax Lawyer, council director and chair of the Corporate Tax Committee. She serves on the Tax Policy Center Leadership Council, the advisory board of the New York University Institute of Federal Taxation, the Bloomberg BNA Corporate Tax Advisory Board, the ALI-CLE Tax Advisory panel and the editorial board of the Practical Tax Lawyer. She serves as the regent for the Ninth Circuit for the American College of Tax Counsel and as a director of the American Tax Policy Institute. She is also trustee and secretary of the van Löben Sels/RembeRock Foundation. Julie has taught corporate tax as a lecturer at Berkeley Law and as a visiting professor at the UC Davis School of Law and is a frequent speaker at tax conferences.