Gene Tien works with global multinationals on intercompany pricing and economic valuation issues that impact their most relevant tax positions. Gene assists in the design of intercompany transaction flows with an eye to reducing transfer pricing (TP) and other value-added pricing flow disputes. He specializes in valuing intangible property (IP) transactions, and the direct and indirect tax implications, assists companies in documenting and managing with the evolving TP and tax landscape, and regularly consults on dispute resolution and controversy matters globally. He regularly presents and writes about international TP policy, and on broader fiscal policy issues relating to economic development. For his Ph.D., he specialized in Industrial Organization with a dissertation on technology transfer and the structure of licensing contracts. His other areas of specialty included Economic History, International Economics, and Labor and Econometrics.