Tax: Controversy
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Provided by Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Our tax lawyers provide companies and partnerships of all sizes, as well as tax-exempt clients, with an integrated approach to tax advice. With a broad range of skill sets, we focus on four major disciplines: advising on transactions; day-to-day counseling on substantive and tax planning and compliance issues; resolving disputes with taxing authorities and in court; and helping clients obtain private or public guidance from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the US Department of the Treasury.
Our team, which includes lawyers with high-level service in the Treasury Department and the US Department of Justice, advises clients on international and US federal, state, and local tax exposures associated with pending transactions and ongoing business operations. We help clients successfully resolve ongoing tax controversy and litigation matters. Clients rely on us for integrated controversy, planning, and transactional advice to produce practical and efficient solutions to often highly complex tax issues.
Chambers Review
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP wins broad praise from market observers for its recent performance in the tax controversy space. Offers strength in high-stakes matters at both administrative and judicial court level, including notable expertise in transfer pricing and tax credit disputes. Also offers noted strength in partnership litigation matters. Especially well versed in risk assessment in the tax planning process and economic substance litigation. An impressive client roster includes multinational energy and medical device companies and tax-exempt organizations.
Work Highlights
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP represented George Weiss Associates in a litigation docketed in the United States Tax Court. The case includes several issues of first impression, including the characterization of barrier option contracts.
Notable Practitioners
Sheri Dillon leads on tax planning and controversy matters and advises clients on litigation for a range of business in the tax courts.
Thomas Linguanti offers experience in tax controversy litigation and related appellate matters. His clients include household-name corporations as well as individuals.