A US-headquartered law firm has added to its international tax team in London, where it had opened an office three years' ago.

US-headquartered law firm Butler Snow has appointed John Wood to its business services group, based in the London office that the organisation opened in 2013 to serve people with links to the US.

Wood will practice with Butler Snow’s international tax team and relocate to the UK to take up the role, starting from the beginning of 2017. 

As part of his role, Wood focuses on international, federal and state tax planning, trusts, estate planning, tax controversy and immigration.

The firm’s international tax team delivers tax and estate planning advice for individual clients who reside outside of the US, but who have US business interests, US family members or US investments. 

Before beginning private practice, Wood served as a law clerk for the US Senate Committee on Judiciary. His responsibilities included investigating the backgrounds and publications of nominees for judicial and political appointments and in turn making recommendations to committee members based on the nominee’s qualifications and character.

Wood received his undergraduate degree from the University of Oklahoma and his Juris Doctor and LL M. in taxation from Georgetown University Law Center. He is admitted to practice in Oklahoma.

Besides its London office, Butler Snow also has an office in Singapore and Hong Kong, which it opened this year.