Katz Barron Squitero Faust | Attorneys

Desirée M. Cuason
Associate

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

Desirée focuses her practice on Corporate, Business, and Tax Law, 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.

Desirée has provided tax planning strategies to both international and domestic corporate clients with a view to minimizing their overall tax liability. She has also consulted with internet companies on the taxation of e-commerce business.

Areas Of Practice:
Corporate & Business Law
International Business Transactions
International & Domestic Tax Planning

Representative Experience

Formation of various business entities; preparation of complex operating and partnership.
agreements for various real estate developers; preparation of
Formation of a local state-charterd bank.
Representation of various individuals, as well as domestic and international businesses in tax planning matters.
Asset protection planning

Bar Admissions:
Florida, 2001

Education:
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, 2000, LL.M. in Taxation (with a Certificate of Speciality 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

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.
United States Income Tax Residency Status for Non-Resident Aliens. Vol. XX, No. 2, The Florida Bar, Tax Section Bulletin (March 2002) (Co-authored).
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).

Professional Associations and Memberships:
The Florida Bar (Tax Law Section)
The Florida Bar (Tax Law Bulletin, Vice Chair Editor (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:
Chinese, Spanish

Birth Information:
May 23, 1970, Philippines