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About
Provided by Richard A Husseini
Practice Areas
Tax controversy/disputes before the IRS (at Exam, Appeals, and mediations), and before federal courts; clients include private equity and investment funds, portfolio companies, public companies, partnerships, and high-net-worth individuals in every facet of the tax controversy practice including tax issues in M&A, BBA audits, subchapters C and K, up-C structures, section 382, anti-abuse doctrines, oil and gas, energy transition/renewable credits, tax insurance issues, passive activity rules, foreign tax credits, financial products, tax sharing agreements, R&D credits, tax promoter audits, international tax/treaty issues, competent authority/APMA, excise tax issues, tax shelter defense, section 1033 and 1234A issues, casualty loss issues, normalization tax issues, and receivership tax issues; also represents companies/individuals in private-party M&A tax disputes before arbitrators and courts.
Career
Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel; US Tax Court, US Court of Federal Claims, US Courts of Appeals for the Fifth, Seventh and Federal Circuits; various federal district courts.
Personal
JD, with high honors, University of Chicago Law School, 1991 (Order of the Coif); BS, summa cum laude, first honors mathematics, University of Dallas, 1988. Board member of Houston Grand Opera, University of Dallas, and St Thomas More Society of Galveston-Houston. Knight Commander, Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem.
Chambers Review
USA
Richard Husseini has extensive experience in handling a broad range of tax disputes.
Richard Husseini is noted for his expertise in IRS audits, litigation and related appellate matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Richard is very smart, can manage complex tax structuring matters and is very detail-oriented."
"He's very thorough, strategic and doesn't miss anything."
"Richard is very smart, can manage complex tax structuring matters and is very detail-oriented."
"He's very thorough, strategic and doesn't miss anything."
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