Stephen was most recently a partner and the global head of tax at TPG Global in San Francisco, CA.

Prior to joining TPG in February, 2018, Stephen was a partner of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP in Los Angeles, concentrating on the structuring and taxation aspects of complex business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity transactions, workouts and restructurings, and innovative financings.

Mr. Rose has been selected for inclusion in Chambers USA, and is a fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel. He received a B.A. from the University of California at San Diego, an M.B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley, a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law and an LL.M. in taxation from New York University School of Law, where he served as a graduate editor of the Tax Law Review and was the recipient of a Tax Law Review merit scholarship.

Stephen has also served for many years as an adjunct law professor at both the UCLA School of Law and the USC School of Law, teaching advanced corporate and partnership taxation courses. He is a frequent lecturer at national conferences, including the NYU Tax Institute, the Tax Executives Institute, the USC Tax Institute, and Practising Law Institute programs, and has written many articles on a variety of taxation subjects. Currently, Mr. Rose is on the Executive Planning Committees for both the NYU Tax Institute and the USC Tax Institute (Chair), and serves as co-chair for the Practising Law Institute Partnership Tax program.

In addition to his professional activities, Mr. Rose was a longtime trustee of the Curtis School in Los Angeles, where he was Board Chair from 2012 to 2017.