Katz Barron Squitero Faust | Attorneys

Desirée M. Cuason
Associate - Taxation, Corporate and Business Departments

Phone: (305) 856-2444
E-mail: dmc@katzbarron.com
Fax: (305) 285-9227

Desirée M. Cuason is an associate in Katz Barron's Corporate, Business, and Tax Law Department, including the formation of business ventures and entities in the United States and abroad. She has extensive experience negotiating and documenting a wide spectrum of business agreements such as shareholder, partnership and operating agreements, mergers and acquisitions, and international business transactions. She is also experienced in the formation of state-chartered banking associations and bank branches, formation of not for profit charitable organizations, and representation of private clubs.

Areas Of Practice:

Corporate & Business Law
International Business Transactions
International & Domestic Tax Planning

Representative Experience

Formation of business entities; preparation of complex operating and partnership agreements for real estate developers; preparation of buy/sell agreements, preparation and documentation of various business including, confidentiality agreements, asset and stock purchase and sale agreements; pledge agreements, redemption agreements, and shareholder agreements.
Formation of a local state-chartered bank.
Representation of various individuals, as well as domestic and international businesses in tax planning matters.
Asset protection planning.
Representation of private clubs

Bar Admissions:

Florida, 2001 Education:

University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, 2000, LL.M. in Taxation (with a Certificate of Specialty in International Tax Law)
St. Thomas University School of Law , Miami, Florida, 1999, J.D. Honors: St. Thomas University Law Review , Articles Editor and Marketing Editor; Member of The American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects (SCRIBES); Book Award in Legal Writing and Research; Law School Merit Scholarship Recipient; Phi Delta Phi Activities: 1997 Criminal Law Symposium (Co-Chairperson); American Bar Association (Young Lawyers Division)
Florida International University, Miami, Florida, 1995,
- B.S. in Criminal Justice
- Honors: Dean's List
- Academic: Top 15 %
- Activities: Golden Key National Honor Society

Published Works

Withholding and Reporting Requirements of the Limited Partnership with Respect to Income Attributable to Foreign Partners, Vol. XXII, No. 2, The Florida Bar, Tax Section Bulletin (February 2004) (Co-authored).
United States Income Tax Residency Status for Non-Resident Aliens, Vol. XX, No. 2, The Florida Bar, Tax Section Bulletin (March 2002) (Co-authored).
Another Three Strikes Law: An In Depth Look at Florida's Prisoner Releasee Re-Offender Punishment Act, 10 St. Thomas University L. Rev. 627 (1998). Selected Best Piece and entered in the 1998 National SCRIBES' Competition.

Professional Associations and Memberships:

The Florida Bar (Tax Law Section)
The Florida Bar, Tax Section, Tax Bulletin, Editor 2006 - present
Wildlife Care Center, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (Volunteer, February 2000 - present)
Hands on Miami ( Project Coordinator and Volunteer, October 2000 - present)
Florida-China Chamber of Commerce (Member, 2000 - present)
Transition, Inc., Miami, Florida (Volunteer, October 1993 - July 1996)

Languages:

Conversational Chinese
Spanish

Birth Information:

May 23, 1970, Philippines