Founder and Director, RoyaltyStat

Ednaldo Silva has a PhD in economics from the University of California at Berkeley and was the first senior economic adviser at the Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel in Washington DC, a drafting member of the 1994 US transfer pricing regulations and the first economist in the Advance Pricing Agreement programme. Dr Silva introduced the ‘comparable profits method’ and the ‘best method’ rule and is a recognised international expert on transfer pricing and intangibles valuation. His practice includes serving as senior tax economist and consultant for large multinational corporations and economic expert on corporate income tax and IP litigations, including in GlaxoSmithKline Holdings (Americas), Inc v Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Dockets 5750-04 and 6959-05.