Practice Areas
Education
- B.A., Lehigh University, 1963, with honors
- J.D., University of Virginia, 1966
- LL.M., Georgetown University, 1975
Bar & Court Admissions
- District of Columbia, 1969
- Not Licensed in North Carolina
Other Areas of Law
- Federal Taxation
- International Taxation
Richard (Dick) S. Sweet
Dick Sweet brings his clients the benefit of years of experience in federal and international tax planning.
- He handles international taxation, including taxation of United States multinational organizations and their subsidiaries, and inbound planning for foreign persons investing in the United States.
- He handles mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures, both domestic and foreign.
- He advises clients regarding financial products, including securitization.
- He advises foreign organizations regarding subpart F, passive foreign investment companies, the foreign tax credit, transfer pricing, outbound, inbound, and foreign-to-foreign transfers of property, effectively connected income, withholding taxes, and treaties.
- He advises domestic organizations regarding taxable and tax-free acquisitions, dispositions, spin-offs, and joint ventures.
- He advises domestic organizations on REMIC’s and other financial products.
- He was Senior International Tax Counsel with RJR Nabisco, Inc., in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Atlanta, Georgia, prior to joining Moore & Van Allen.
- He was also employed by United Technologies, Inc., in London, England, as Senior European Tax Manager.
- He was associated with NationsBank (now Bank of America) in North Carolina as Director of International Taxation.