Seth M. Buchwald

• Assisting a mid-sized private company with an international corporate restructuring and advising on the various domestic and international tax effects.
• Advised a publicly traded company on a $2.9 billion taxable acquisition.
• Represented a publicly traded company in protest of a $12 million IRS disallowance of research and experimentation (R&E) credits.
• Representing multiple clients and assisting with the preparation of disclosures of foreign bank accounts through the IRS’s Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP).
• Advised various U.S. and multinational clients on planning and compliance with domestic and international provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, including Section 965 transition tax, global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI), and base erosion and anti-abuse tax (BEAT). 
• Representing multiple individual taxpayers pro bono through the Philip C. Cook Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic at Georgia State University in disputes with the IRS.

Seth Buchwald is an associate in the Federal & International Tax Group. He uses his experience as a former certified public accountant (CPA) to understand and assist clients with their complex domestic and international tax planning and structuring issues. His practice also involves assisting clients with civil and criminal tax controversy and voluntary disclosure matters.

Before joining Alston & Bird, Seth gained experience interning for the Honorable Tony M. Davis of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas and the global energy transaction group of a major Houston law firm. He also interned for a small Houston tax-focused boutique firm, advising high-net-worth individuals on tax matters. As a former CPA, he gained a variety of experiences working in external and internal audits and tax compliance.

Seth received his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in Austin. In 2011, he graduated from the University of Georgia with a dual B.B.A. in accounting and finance.

Bar Admissions

• Georgia

Education

• University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 2017)
• University of Georgia (B.B.A., 2011)