Tax Havens of the World

Walter H. Diamond, a widely-known international tax authority, whose serviced tax publication "Foreign Tax and Trade Briefs," was the firstcompendium of its kind when published by Matthew Bender in 1950, and still is the "bible" in the field covering current tax laws of 120 countries,was a United Nations Tax Treaty and Free Trade Zone Advisor as well as Editor and Economist ofOverseas Press and Consultants. A former Director of International Taxation and Manager of International Taxes for Deloitte Touche and KPMGPeat Marwick respectively, Mr. Diamond also served as Director of the Economics Department of McGraw-Hill International Corporation and Editor of the McGraw-Hill American Letter. Before joining McGraw-Hill, he was Economist for the Public National Bank and National Bank Examiner in the Second Federal Reserve District, having been in charge of liquidation of foreign banks and businesses for the Alien Property Custodian during World War II.

Mr. Diamond was a graduate of Syracuse University and the American Institute of Banking with post-graduate work at Syracuse and New York Universities in international finance. As a United Nations and US AID Advisor, he handled assignments for more than 50 countries involving taxation, investment, trade development, free trade zones, treaties, export insurance and offshore banking. Mr. Diamond received citations for his assistance in this work from Chief Executive of Honduras and former U.S. Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Sr., while former President Eisenhower appointed him to the French Trade Mission to handle investment and tax problems. As a Foreign Analyst of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Mr. Diamond helped to prepare foreign exchange recommendations for Bretton Woods.

Dorothy B. Diamond is an author and editor of Overseas Press and Consultants in Hartsdale, New York. She has written and updated Tax Havens of the World for Matthew Bender since 1977. Aside from being an author for legal publishers, Mrs. Diamond has contributed articles to national magazines and written travel features for the New York Times, New York Post, Trans World Airlines and the Pan-Am World Guide. A pioneer in consumer education, she was a columnist for two leading trade magazines and wrote 50 booklets on consumer affairs. She won an award from the Merchandising Executives Club of New York City.

Mrs. Diamond has enjoyed the honor of being the first woman to address the Stockholm Advertising Club, Barbados Central Bank, and International Tax Planning Association. Mrs. Diamond received her B.A. degree with highest honors from Wellesley College, is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and obtained a Master of Science degree from Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.

Professor William H. Byrnes, an Associate Dean of Texas A&M University School of Law, is one of the leading authors and best-selling authors in the professional markets with 30 books and treatises that have sold in excess of 100,000 copies in print and online, with over one thousand online annual database subscribers. His seven Lexis treatises include: Foreign Tax and Trade Briefs, Tax Havens of the World, LexisNexis Guide to FATCA Compliance, Practical Guide to U.S. Transfer Pricing, Money Laundering, Asset Forfeiture and Recovery, and Compliance--A Global Guide, Taxation of Intellectual Property and Technology, and International Withholding Tax Treaty Guide. William Byrnes held a senior position of international tax for Coopers & Lybrand and has been commissioned by a number of governments on tax and professional education policy. In 1994 William Byrnes pioneered online legal education, in 1998 created the first online LL.M. acquiesced by the ABA, and speaks globally on best practices for distance education.

Dr. Robert J. Munro is Professor (Adjunct) at Texas A&M University School of Law, and a Senior Research Fellow and Director of Research for North America at CIDOEC at Jesus College, Cambridge University. He holds Masters degrees from the University of Iowa and Louisiana State University, a Juris Doctor from the University of Iowa and a Ph.D. from the University of Florida. He has done further graduate studies at Cambridge University, Oxford University and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies at the University of London. He is the author of thirty-two published books, including the five-volume treatise, Money Laundering, Asset Forfeiture and International Financial Crimes, the three-volume, Cybercrime and Security, the three-volume Tax Havens of the World and Foreign Tax and Trade Briefs.