Chris Houser is the Offering Leader for Deloitte Tax’s National Federal Tax Services (“NFTS”), and a Senior Partner in the Deloitte Tax Transaction & Integration Services Offering Segment. Chris has extensive experience leading teams serving multinational public companies across multiple industries, including manufacturing, consumer products, retail, technology and media, and energy and resources. In this role, he has utilized his deep background in accounting for income taxes and US & global tax planning and structuring to assist companies with acquisitions, divestitures, tax integrations, carve-outs, legal entity rationalization, and bankruptcy restructuring. Chris specializes in the development of pro-active strategies to deal with the tax technical and operational implications of an M&A transaction, while exploring opportunities for tax synergy capture. He also brings insights from numerous other transactions, as well as a focus on driving our standard transaction approach, that brings efficiency and effective communication to each client’s transaction.