Morrison Foerster

The tax team at Morrison Foerster handles tax matters relating a wide range of issues, encompassing M&A, private equity, venture capital, REITs,  tax treaties, and tax controversies. Practice head Anthony Carbone, who is located in New York, advises clients on tax planning strategies for M&A, reorganizations, fund formation and leveraged buyouts representing private equity funds, deal sponsors, investment banks, commercial banks and hedge funds, as well as venture capital, real estate and other funds, acquiring and target companies, and management groups. Dave Sturgeon supports clients with a wide range of complex business transactions, including domestic and cross-border M&A, joint ventures, spin-offs and other divestitures, as well as financings, refinancings, restructurings and other business transactions. Federal tax expert Joy MacIntyre, who is based in San Francisco, concentrates her practice on providing tax planning and transactional advice to U.S. and non-U.S. based businesses and their investors. Also based in San Francisco, Bernie Pistillo advises on the US federal income tax aspects of international and domestic M&A, corporate restructurings and spin-offs, and tax controversy matters in the international area, particularly transfer pricing, the development and exploitation of technology and intellectual property and the structuring of international operations for both start-up entities and existing corporate groups. San Diego-based Shane Shelley has significant experience counseling on the tax aspects of business transactions, including M&A, fund formations, joint ventures, international structuring and capital markets offerings. In New York, Katherine Erbeznik has a particular focus on the Latin America market, routinely advising on cross-border M&A. At the associate level, Lauren Keller, who sits in the Los Angeles office, is a name to watch.