Tax
SWA attorneys advise clients as to tax aspects of U.S. and international transactions. Our clients include multinational public and private corporations, partnerships, private equity firms, hedge funds, start-ups, and high-net-worth individuals.
Services provided include advising clients as to the tax aspects of fundamental business transactions such as:
- domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions
- dispositions and spin-offs
- financings
- capital markets and other securities transactions
- formation of and investments by private equity, hedge funds and other partnerships
Engagements have included:
- Developing optimum structure for merger of S corporation possessing substantial built-in gain with C corporation, in order to maximize utilization of net operating losses.
- Structuring investment fund to invest in mortgage backed securities under Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF).
- Coordinating litigation involving involuntary condemnation of property with implementation of qualified reinvestment of proceeds.
- Structuring expatriation of global telecommunications partnership.
- Writing memoranda for law firm regarding tax implications of refund litigation.
- Developing novel investment mechanisms for implementation of series of Section 1031 like-kind exchanges with multiple parties.
- Researching issue of acquisitions and related tax matters for law firm advising private equity funds.
- Advising charities, private foundations, national trade associations and credit counseling organizations as to unique tax issues presented by particular nonprofit status.
- Assessing opportunities and risks for tax-exempt organizations created by recently enacted Pension Protection Act of 2006.
- Evaluating and providing compliance program for charitable foundation sponsored by publicly traded corporation.
- Reviewing tax section of offering memorandum for international hedge fund.
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