Services

International Team

100 countries. One point of contact.

The lead members of our International Services team are uniquely qualified to help middle market and closely held businesses successfully navigate the challenges of doing business internationally.

Individually, each member combines his or her area of expertise with direct experience coordinating worldwide engagements. Our team members bring the same unparalleled client-focused service and attention to international engagements that Blackman Kallick clients have come to expect.

One of our International Services team members will work directly with you and your core staff to help you develop a global strategy to meet your specific needs. We will then create a tailored team, drawing from our experienced professionals throughout the Blackman Kallick and HLB International network, to deliver the required services at a local level.

Get to Know Our International Team

Meet some of the core members of Blackman Kallick’s International Services group. These Chicago-based professionals provide overall planning and tactical advice and coordinate the efforts of our local staff as well as the work of our global HLB network.

Alan S. Alport, CPA, CFP®, PFS

Tax Partner
aalport@BlackmanKallick.com , 312-980-2940 

  • Coordination of international tax compliance for multinational companies
  • International tax planning and strategy development
  • Transfer pricing review and strategy development

Damitha Bandara, MSC, CPA, CMA, CFM

Audit Partner
dbandara@BlackmanKallick.com, 312-980-2981

  • Coordination of international financial statement audits
  • Compliance with international audit and accounting standards
  • Development of internal control processes and procedures for international operations
  • Member of the HLB International audit and accounting steering committee
  • Speaks fluent Sinhalese

Paul C. Lau, CPA, ABV, CMA, CFM, CrFA, MST, DABFA

Tax Partner
plau@BlackmanKallick.com, 312-980-2935 

  • Structuring, or restructuring, of international subsidiaries of U.S. companies and U.S. subsidiaries of foreign entities
  • Transfer pricing review and strategy development
  • Consults on matters such as mergers and acquisitions, partnerships, S corporations and U.S. aspects of international operations
  • Speaks fluent Cantonese

Paul F. Oetter, CPA

Audit Partner
poetter@BlackmanKallick.com. 312-290-2920

  • Coordination of international financial statement audit engagements
  • Consultation on structuring and organization of U.S. subsidiaries of foreign entities
  • Audits of the financial statements and group reporting packages of U.S. subsidiaries of foreign entities
  • Member of the AICPA International Issues Committee

Sandra L. Soltis, CPA, CFP®, MST

Tax Partner
ssoltis@BlackmanKallick.com, 312-980-2909

  • Assists closely held businesses minimize taxes of domestic and foreign operations
  • Advises clients on the U.S. tax aspects of international operations
  • Focuses on the manufacturing, distribution, construction and service industries

Stella Y. Su, MBA, CPA, ABV

Chair of China Practice
ssu@BlackmanKallick.com, 312-980-2912

  • Works extensively with companies seeking to expand through distribution channel, asset and stock purchases
  • Holds a degree in international finance and an MBA
  • Speaks fluent Mandarin; reads and writes Chinese
     

 


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