Loren C. Ponds

Loren Ponds focuses her practice on federal tax policy, providing strategic counsel to clients on legislative, regulatory, and other policy matters, transfer pricing, and broader international tax matters. She advises clients on the impacts of tax policy, such as the implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) and, in particular, issues related to technical corrections and administrative guidance.

Ms. Ponds also maintains a transfer pricing and international tax practice, and advises clients on Advance Pricing Agreements, MAP negotiations, and other matters before the Internal Revenue Service; intangible property transactions; and other international tax issues. 

Prior to joining Miller & Chevalier, Ms. Ponds served as Majority Tax Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means, where she developed, analyzed, and refined the international tax provisions of the TCJA. 

Previously, Ms. Ponds served in Ernst & Young LLP's National Tax Department with a focus on international tax services, where she counseled multinational companies on tax planning projects, including intellectual property planning, supply chain optimization, and restructurings. Fluent in French and German, Ms. Ponds worked abroad as Ernst & Young's Global Transfer Pricing Operations Manager in Düsseldorf, Germany. 

Ms. Ponds was also a German Chancellor Fellow at the Universität Hamburg-International Tax Institute in Germany, as well as a Trainee for the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development in Paris, France.