Tax

Tax considerations affect every aspect of business, investment and individual income and wealth—and the practice of tax law requires innovation and creativity. Sheppard Mullin's tax attorneys provide sophisticated advice in all areas of corporate, partnership, real estate, and international taxation; employee benefits; executive compensation; private equity and hedge fund formation and operation; debt and equity financing and derivative and hybrid securities; tax-exempt organizations; and estate planning and wealth transfer. Based on our understanding of evolving and complex tax law, we are often able to design sophisticated transactions that are advantageous for our clients.

Because tax issues are integrated into virtually all areas of the firm's practice, our tax attorneys are known for their ability to collaborate. Our tax attorneys regularly work with members of the Corporate, International Business, Entertainment and Media, Finance, Real Estate, Labor and Employment, Bankruptcy, and Intellectual Property practices to advise our clients in structuring transactions that comply with federal, state and foreign tax laws. They also advise clients concerning the taxation of amounts paid or received in litigation.  Areas of taxation handled by Sheppard Mullin tax attorneys include the following:

• Corporate Tax
• Real Estate Tax
• International Tax
• Hedge Funds and Private Equity
• Employee Benefits
• Executive Compensation
• Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)
• Non-Profit and Tax-Exempt Entities
• Estate Planning

In conjunction with the firm's Litigation attorneys, we have also handled tax related matters in state and federal courts and before the United States Tax Court. Our attorneys consistently foster and maintain contacts with government officials and are active in the Tax Sections of the American Bar Association, California Bar Association and County Bar Associations.

Recognition

• Fifty-seven Sheppard Mullin Attorneys Named 2011 "Best Lawyers in America"
• Twenty-Two Sheppard Mullin Attorneys Recognized as 'Northern California Super Lawyers 2010'
• Fifty-one Sheppard Mullin Partners Named 2010 "Best Lawyers in America"
• Forty-Seven Sheppard Mullin Attorneys Recognized as 'Southern California Super Lawyers 2009'

Press Releases

• Litigation and Tax Quartet Join Sheppard Mullin San Francisco

Articles

• Overhauling Exec Comp, Corporate Governance Rules
  January 7, 2010, Law360
• China Combats Tax Treaty Abuse
  Taxing Authorities Focus on Substance Over Them
  April 1, 2009, Practical Asian Tax Strategies
• Changes in the Estate and Gift Tax Law, Effective January 1, 2009
  January 1, 2009
• Assessments: California Supreme Court Raises the Bar in Silicon Valley Taxpayers Case
  September 1, 2008, The Real Estate Finance Journal
• Summary of HEART Law
  U.S. Expatriation Tax Provisions
  June 1, 2008
• Selective Summary of Tax Reconciliation Bill as of May 11, 2006
  May 11, 2006
• California LLC Fee Unconstitutional; Filing Protective Claim for Refund
  April 11, 2006
• Departing Branch Chief Piatoff Discusses Recent Changes to APA Program, Recommends Against Joint Committee Review
  November 22, 2005
• Tax Benefit Granted to Wrongful Discrimination Plaintiffs
  November 19, 2004
• New Rules Governing Restaurant Improvements
  November 16, 2004