Overview
Our highly diversified Tax Department is involved in the most complex and challenging matters of the day, advising a broad range of clients, including Fortune 500 corporations and other business entities, investment funds, institutional investors, tax-exempt organizations, executives and pop culture icons. We provide practical and innovative tax advice to our clients and possess sophisticated knowledge of the latest laws, regulations, decisions and trends in this ever-changing area. Our extensive experience and skill set enable us to be a true partner with our clients and to assist them in achieving their goals from a tax and business perspective.
We are known for fostering committed and continuing relationships around the world as valued advisors in all aspects of tax law. This extends to: investment fund sponsors and investors in connection with all aspects of fund formation, operation and investment; debtors and creditors in bankruptcy and restructuring matters; acquisitions, divestitures and other business transactions; all types of real estate investments and transactions; tax audits and related cases before national and local taxing authorities; matters for tax-exempt organizations; and the full range of employee benefits and executive compensation matters.
We are recognized by US Legal 500, Chambers USA and Chambers UK, with Chambers USA highlighting our client service and stating that our clients praise us for providing “creative solutions” and having “excellent business sense.” In addition, US Legal 500 says our “impressive breadth of tax knowledge” is “bolstered by commercial lawyers with high tax competency” that matches our client diversity. Chambers USA has commended our employee benefits and executive compensation lawyers, who are part of our nationally recognized Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and ERISA Litigation Practice Center, for their “deep and broad expertise in all aspects of employee benefits and executive compensation law.”
Areas of Focus
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Bankruptcy & Restructuring
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Business Transactions and Mergers & Acquisitions
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Capital Markets
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Cross-Border Transactions and International Taxation
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Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
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Financial Products and Investment Management
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Private Equity Funds, Hedge Funds and Other Investment Funds
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Real Estate Funds, REITs and Real Estate Transactions
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Securitizations
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Structured Finance
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Tax Controversy and Audits
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Tax-Exempt Issues
Key Representations
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Former Lehman Brothers managers in their purchase of the former investment bank’s asset management division, which includes Neuberger Berman
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Boston Properties, a real estate investment trust, in its acquisition of a portfolio of properties in New York City, including the General Motors Building
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The NBA on a deal to form NBA China, a new entity that will own and operate all of the league’s business in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau
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Ares Management, a diversified asset management and private equity concern with in excess of $30 billion under management, its affiliates and portfolio companies, in various transactions and fund matters
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Adams Street Partners, one of the oldest and largest global investors in the private equity investment category, in structuring their 2009 partnership program, which raised over $2 billion in commitments and involved the formation of three fund of funds and a direct venture capital fund
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Verizon Investment Management Corp. in investments by its master pension fund in numerous private equity and hedge funds
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Henry Schein in a wide array of employee benefits and executive compensation matters
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Wells Fargo Funds Trust, the holder of billions of dollars of mutual funds, in a broad range of tax matters
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The family of a legendary entertainer in the sale of a 50 percent interest in his intellectual property to and formation of a joint venture with a leader in the recording industry
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One of the largest corporate-sponsored academic scholarship programs in the U.S. in connection with its establishment