International & Cross Border Transactions



Bryan S. Appel
Associate
Fort Lauderdale
954-712-5186
bappel@bergersingerman.com
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Bryan S. Appel is an associate on Berger Singerman’s Business, Finance & Tax Team and a Wealth Preservation and Tax Planning Group member based in its Fort Lauderdale office. He concentrates his practice in domestic and international tax and wealth planning while assisting the firm’s corporate and real estate practice groups in analyzing and drafting business transaction documents in connection with corporate mergers, acquisitions, and financing transactions and other transactions to achieve tax compliance and tax efficiency.
Bryan’s tax practice is rooted in compliance and consulting, including cross-border merger and acquisition transactions, Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) withholding procedures requiring foreign financial institutions to report foreign assets held by U.S. account holders, pre-immigration tax planning for non-resident aliens, and tax-effective structuring for closely-held businesses.
In addition to Florida Bar admission, Bryan is currently in the process of obtaining admission as a Certified Public Accountant in Florida.

Bryan S. Appel is an associate on Berger Singerman’s Business, Finance & Tax Team and a Wealth Preservation and Tax Planning Group member based in its Fort Lauderdale office. He concentrates his practice in domestic and international tax and wealth planning while assisting the firm’s corporate and real estate practice groups in analyzing and drafting business transaction documents in connection with corporate mergers, acquisitions, and financing transactions and other transactions to achieve tax compliance and tax efficiency.
Bryan’s tax practice is rooted in compliance and consulting, including cross-border merger and acquisition transactions, Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) withholding procedures requiring foreign financial institutions to report foreign assets held by U.S. account holders, pre-immigration tax planning for non-resident aliens, and tax-effective structuring for closely-held businesses.
In addition to Florida Bar admission, Bryan is currently in the process of obtaining admission as a Certified Public Accountant in Florida.

- The Best Lawyers in America®, "Ones to Watch" (2022)

- Florida Bar
- Business Law Section
- Tax Section
- Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law Section
- Young Lawyers Division
- Penn State – Greater Fort Lauderdale PSU Alumni Chapter
- Jewish Federation of Broward County
- Greater Fort Lauderdale Tax Council
- Nova Southeastern University Ambassadors Board
- NSU Law Leadership Council

Client Alert - COVID-19: Key Tax Components of Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
December 29, 2020
Daily Business Review, "Before Taking a PPP Loan, First Consider the Employee Retention Credit"
April 16, 2020
Client Alert - COVID-19: CARES Act: Important Tax Code Changes
March 29, 2020
South Florida Business & Wealth, "How to Get Employer Tax Credits for Paid Sick Leave, Family Leave"
March 26, 2020
Daily Business Review, "Tax Extenders: Limited Benefits and Limited Certainty for Limited Taxpayers"
January 6, 2020
Law360, "Sometimes GILTI Is A Pleasure"
January 30, 2019

November 11, 2020
November 5, 2019
Bryan Appel, Panelist, "NSU's Tax Law Panel," for The Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law Society
April 9, 2019
December 13, 2018
November 14, 2018

Don’t Ignore Those IRS Notices!
January 20, 2020
Sometimes It’s Good to be GILTI
January 17, 2019
Tax Breaks for Investment in Opportunity Zones – Proposed Treasury Regulations
October 29, 2018
Tax Aspects of Qualified Opportunity Zone Funds – A Prequel
August 28, 2018

LL.M in Taxation, University of Florida Frederic G. Levin College of Law
- Book Award: Procedures in Tax Fraud Cases
J.D., Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad College of Law, International Concentration
- Book Award: Income Taxation
- Executive Editor, ILSA Journal of International and Comparative Law
- Advocate, Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court
B.S. in Accounting, Pennsylvania State University, Smeal College of Business

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