Reuven S. Avi-Yonah (Michigan)
- B.A. 1983, Hebrew University
- A.M. 1984, Harvard
- Ph.D. 1986. Harvard
- J.D. 1989, Harvard
Reuven S. Avi-Yonah is the Irwin I. Cohn Professor of Law and Director of the International Tax LLM Program and the Michigan-Tsinghua Exchange Program at the University of Michigan Law School. He teaches the basic course on taxation and courses on international taxation, corporate taxation, multinational enterprises and the law, and the origins and development of the corporate form. He has published numerous articles on domestic and international tax issues, and is the author of U.S. International Taxation: Cases and Materials (Foundation Press, 2d ed. 2005) (with Brauner & Ring), Amortization of Intangibles (1994), The Attribution Rules (1996), co-author of Collapsible Corporations (1995) and Transfer Pricing: Judicial Strategy and Outcomes (1995), and co-editor of Taxation of Financial Instruments (Clark, Boardman, Callaghan, 1996).
Prof. Avi-Yonah graduated summa cum laude from the Hebrew University in 1983, received a PhD in History from Harvard University in 1986, and received a JD magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1989. From 1989 to 1993, Prof. Avi-Yonah practiced tax law in Boston and New York, specializing in the international tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions. From 1994 to 2000 he was Assistant Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He has served as consultant to the U.S. Treasury and the OECD on tax competition issues, and has been a member of the executive committee of the New York State Bar Association Tax Section and of the Advisory Board of Tax Management, Inc. He is currently a member of the Steering Group of the OECD International Network for Tax Research and Vice Chair of the ABA Tax Section VAT Committee. Prof. Avi-Yonah is fluent in English and Hebrew, has conversational and reading knowledge of French and German, and can read Italian, Spanish and Arabic.
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