CohnReznick has picked up former PwC principal Daniel Rinke for its international tax practice and issued a very flowery press release.
Based in Massachusetts, Rinke has more than two decades of international tax experience, notably involving cross-border transactional and operational planning for multinational corporations. His diverse industry experience includes pharmaceutical, biotech, manufacturing, chemicals, semiconductors, retail, and finance.
As you can see, he’s thrilled to be opening this next chapter in his esteemed professional career.
The rest of the news release is the usual fluff meant to flaunt their new recruit’s wealth of experience to current and prospective clients. “Rinke is focused on providing strategic guidance that helps clients address changing macroeconomic conditions, reconfigure operational profiles to improve business sustainability, and navigate complex global tax laws and regulations.” We get it, he’s good.
PwC isn’t specifically mentioned in the press release (“a Big 4 firm”) because that would be tacky. They do, however, drop other names:
He earned a JD, cum laude, from Syracuse University School of Law; an LLM in Taxation from Georgetown University School of Law; and a BA in Philosophy, cum laude, from Minnesota State University Moorhead.
Going by Daniel Rinke’s LinkedIn experience, it’s unclear if this was an outright robbery. Usually when someone is unhappy at their current firm and leaves for another, they align their leaving and starting dates to reflect a direct jump which he has not.
Hilarious. Did a year as associate at KPMG and was like nah, I’m outta here. Good for you, Dan.
Best of luck to him in the new gig. That’s not sarcastic.
Rinke joins CohnReznick as International Tax Principal [CohnReznick]
