Tax

We advise on the tax-efficient structuring of M&A, dispositions, demergers, joint ventures, equity raises, debt raises, and other corporate transactions. Our corporate tax team counsels clients on complex domestic and cross-border matters. Our integrated platform supports practical, business-focused advice on sophisticated tax issues.

Tax authorities are increasingly cooperating across borders through information-exchange requirements, country-by-country reporting, and other cross-border tax disclosure regimes.

Our tax lawyers advise clients on the structuring of cross-border transactions and tax-efficient investment structures, as well as a broad range of international tax issues, including tax treaty claims, substance requirements, base erosion and profit shifting measures, corporate interest restriction, anti-hybrid rules, and Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 developments arising from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) digital economy tax proposals.

We advise private capital clients on the full lifecycle of investment funds, platforms, and joint ventures, including formation, fundraising, management incentivization, carried interest, capital deployment, and exit. Our tax team works seamlessly with fund sponsors, institutional investors, family offices, brokers, dealers, and regulators to create efficient and operationally effective structures and solutions to complex, cross-border issues.

We offer a full suite of tax controversy services spanning all stages of domestic and cross-border tax disputes. Combining technical experience with a commercial mindset, our full-service offering includes assisting with audits and reviews, negotiating and settling disputes, case preparation and management, and advocacy in administrative agencies, and alternative dispute resolution processes.

Our team advises a wide range of tax-exempt organizations, including public charities, private foundations, trade associations, political organizations, social welfare organizations, social clubs, and taxable nonprofits. We provide practical guidance across the full lifecycle of these organizations, from formation and tax-exempt status to governance, ethics, operations, and ongoing compliance.

Our lawyers counsel clients on business dealings, transactions, and the fiduciary duties of directors and officers. We also structure charitable-giving strategies, attend board meetings, and provide board training to help clients anticipate legal issues and advance their missions.

Our lawyers advise on all aspects of employee benefits representation addressing plan design, drafting, and operations across a wide range of benefit plans, policies, agreements, and arrangements. We support employee benefits clients in M&As, claims, government investigations and audits, and compliance guidance relating to the Internal Revenue Code, ERISA, HIPAA, the Affordable Care Act, and other U.S. federal, state, and local laws.

Working as trusted advisers with senior executives, in-house counsel, benefits and compensation professionals, and other service providers, our lawyers assist clients on all aspects of executive compensation, including tax and securities compliance and compensation-related corporate governance and disclosure matters.

Our team advises a wide range of tax-exempt organizations, including public charities, private foundations, trade associations, political organizations, social welfare organizations, social clubs, and taxable nonprofits. We provide practical guidance across the full lifecycle of these organizations, from formation and tax-exempt status to governance, ethics, operations, and ongoing compliance.

We advise clients on business dealings, transactions, and the fiduciary duties of directors and officers. We also structure charitable-giving strategies, attend board meetings, and provide board training to help clients anticipate legal issues and advance their missions.