Duff & Phelps Welcomes New Managing Director, IP Transfer Pricing Veteran Philippe Penelle

Duff & Phelps, A Kroll Business, the world’s premier provider of valuation, corporate finance, governance, risk and transparency, announced that Philippe Penelle has joined as a managing director based in Los Angeles, California. Penelle leverages over two decades of experience designing, valuing and defending transfer pricing structures on behalf of multinational clients and their counsel. In his current role, he will be responsible for growing the Global Transfer Pricing practice on the West Coast.

“My decision to join Duff & Phelps comes at a time where carefully considered transfer pricing strategies are more important than ever for multinational companies,” said Penelle. “I look forward to bringing my strategic experience to the firm’s best-in-class Global Transfer Pricing practice, which offers independent, practical solutions in this ever-complicated and evolving international tax environment.”

Penelle brings expertise in intellectual property transfer pricing strategy connected to cost sharing arrangements, contributions to international partnerships and corporations, and licensing arrangements involving specific allocations of fixed cost funding commitments. He has advised senior executives in the life sciences, technology, crypto assets, video game, entertainment and media, fashion and retail industries. Penelle has also advised on due diligence, M&A in traditional industries for semiconductor companies and heavy machinery and equipment companies.