TAXLITIGATOR – Tax Controversy (Civil & Criminal) Report

Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez P.C. is pleased to announce that Philipp Behrendt has been promoted to Principal. Before relocating to the United States, Philipp practiced as a tax lawyer in Germany for more than five years. He joined our firm four years ago and has built a practice focused on high-stakes tax controversy and examinations, with particular depth in matters involving digital assets and other technology-driven fact patterns.

Philipp is a frequent speaker on digital asset taxation, the use of AI in tax litigation, professional responsibility, and BBA partnership audits. He serves in various roles within the ABA Taxation Section of Civil and Criminal Tax Penalties Committee (Subcommittee for Administrative & Legislative Developments) and as Liaison to the Young Lawyers Committee. Philipp also chairs the Beverly Hills Bar Association’s Tax Section and its Blockchain & Web3 Section.

Philipp teaches Digital Asset Taxation as an instructor at UCLA Extension, authors and contributes to practitioner-facing publications and bar-association materials on tax administration and digital-asset issues and participates in professional and pro-bono service efforts (including a contributor to the Military State Tax Guide for California, ABA Virtual Settlement Week, and bar-comment work on emerging topics such as NFTs).

Philipp is grateful to the mentors, colleagues, and clients who have helped shape his path—and especially to his family for their constant support for understanding that a ‘quick call’ is best understood as a term of art.

For more information, please contact Philipp at behrendt@taxlitigator.com