Jerred G. Blanchard Jr. is counsel in the Houston office of Baker & McKenzie LLP and a member of the Firm’s tax practice group. He is a co-author of a well-known consolidated return treatise, has written numerous articles in various professional journals on multiple corporate tax topics, and is a frequent speaker at various legal and professional programs across the country. Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Blanchard was a principal at a Big Four accounting firm. He is one of 813 professionals recommended by The International Who's Who of Corporate Tax Lawyers.

Mr. Blanchard has a broad range of experience in many areas of federal income tax law, with an emphasis on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, consolidated returns, bankruptcy, preservation and use of debtor tax attributes, and tax planning for corporations and shareholders. Mr. Blanchard also has experience in partnership tax.