Allison Christians
January Term Professor
Allison Christians joined the University of Wisconsin Law School faculty in 2005. She received her J.D. from Columbia University School of Law and her LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law. Prior to joining the faculty, Professor Christians taught J.D. and LL.M. courses in federal and international income taxation at Northwestern University School of Law. Before that she practiced tax law at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York, where she focused on the taxation of domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, restructurings and associated issues and transactions involving private and public companies. Professor Christians has written several articles, essays, and book chapters addressing national and international policy, globalization, competition, institutional, and development aspects of taxation, she is co-author of a leading casebook on U.S. international tax law, and she serves as Editor for the Tax Section of Jotwell, the legal scholarship review blog.