To: A. de Rothschild COLOM, Olivie
Fran: Jeffrey Epstein
Sent Wed 12/4/2013 1:02:18 PM
Subject: he will join
Mr. West served for nearly four years as the Treasury Department's International Tax Counsel,
the senior international tax lawyer in the US government. In that position, he played a central role
in virtually every policy, legislative, and regulatory development in the international tax area and
led tax treaty negotiations, discussions, and ratification efforts involving countries throughout the
world. Mr. West also played a major role in the US work at the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD) and led official delegations there and on other missions.
He has practical experience with many foreign tax systems and good relationships with foreign tax
officials and private practitioners around the world. He is regularly called on to advise
government officials with respect to sensitive and complex tax matters and has testified before
Congress several times on international tax matters.
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