Tax
USA Guide 2024 : Texas
Band 4
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+1 713 221 2300About
Provided by Bracewell LLP
Bracewell helps clients identify relevant tax issues associated with structuring and designing tax-advantaged financing options, including compliance with arbitrage regulations, private business use rules and other tax law requirements imposed on tax-advantaged debt.
The firm has experience assisting clients in post-issuance compliance matters and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) examinations, securing advance rulings from the IRS and seeking regulatory and legislative rule changes.
Bracewell lawyers regularly advise large charitable organizations regarding applicable tax rules and represent charitable organizations in all aspects of tax compliance, from initial organization and recognition under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code to ongoing compliance and transaction structuring to IRS examinations.
Bracewell's tax lawyers have served as counsel on billions of dollars of transactions, including public and private company mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, private equity investments, joint ventures and capital markets offerings. Other areas of focus include partnerships, trusts, subchapter C-corporations, subchapter S-corporations and tax-exempt entities and municipalities.
Chambers Review
Bracewell LLP is adept at advising on the structuring of tax requirements for a broad array of commercial transactions. The department is particularly noted for its capacity to advise on the issuance of tax-exempt and tax credit obligations. The firm's strong reputation within the energy sector makes it well placed to advise on the tax structuring of deals for upstream and midstream oil and gas clients.
Work Highlights
- Bracewell acted as tax counsel and bond counsel for Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs in connection with multiple issues of tax-exempt qualified single family mortgage bonds and multifamily residential rental housing bonds.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Bracewell has a deep bench of experienced and practical attorneys and always over delivers in every respect."
"They are always extremely professional at synthesizing complex issues."
"Our Bracewell team consistently turns items around quickly and provides excellent service to every request."
"Bracewell has a deep bench of experienced and practical attorneys and always over delivers in every respect."
"They are always extremely professional at synthesizing complex issues."
"Our Bracewell team consistently turns items around quickly and provides excellent service to every request."
Notable Practitioners
Gregory Bopp of Bracewell LLP is a highly experienced practitioner who handles an array of tax issues centered on transactions.
"He's a well-respected lawyer with a great reputation."
Todd Greenwalt has a strong tax practice that centers around advising governmental and tax-exempt entities on bond issuances and a multitude of tax-exempt status issues.
"Todd consistently provides the utmost level of expertise and customer service in tax counsel services."
"Todd is extremely experienced, knowledgeable, creative and responsive."