Jon Holbrook is an associate with Ivins, Phillips & Barker, where he focuses his practice on federal income tax issues facing businesses and individuals, as well as employee benefit and executive compensation issues.

He advises clients on the U.S. tax consequences of domestic, foreign and cross-border restructurings and transactions, and has particular experience with corporate and international tax issues.  He has advised clients on a wide range of issues, including: controlled foreign corporations (CFCs), global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI), subpart F income, section 245A, the base erosion and anti-abuse tax (BEAT), the foreign-derived intangible income (FDII) deduction, section 1031 like-kind exchanges, section 168(k), FIRPTA, the section 199A (QBI) deduction and worker classification.

Prior to joining the firm, Jon received his JD, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where he was a winner of the Williston Negotiation Competition and co-founded HLS Effective Altruism, and his BA, summa cum laude, from Yale University.

About Us: Ivins, Phillips & Barker, founded by two of the original judges on the United States Tax Court in 1935, is the leading law firm in the United States exclusively engaged in the practice of federal income tax, employee benefits and estate and gift tax law. The firm’s lawyers are nationally recognized to be among the best and brightest in the country. Our decades of focus on the intricacies of the Internal Revenue Code have led numerous Fortune 500 companies, as well as smaller companies, tax exempt organizations, and high net worth individuals to rely on the firm for answers to the most complicated and sophisticated tax planning problems as well as for complex tax litigation.