With a strong presence on the West Coast, Fenwick & West LLP’s transactional tax team is highly active in the tech sector, regularly advising major clients, including Figma and Meta Platforms, on a variety of matters, ranging from acquisitions to IPOs. In addition to its tech sector expertise, the team also has notable strength in the media, biopharma and crypto spaces. Practice head Larissa Neumann‘s considerable experience encompasses tax structuring, disputes, and transfer pricing issues. David Forst focuses on international corporate taxation, while Adam Halpern’s practice covers M&A, international restructurings, and subpart F taxation. William Skinner recently led the group’s representation of collaborative design platform Figma in relation to its $20bn acquisition by Adobe. Mike Knobler has notable experience advising on international and domestic corporate and partnership tax planning. James Fuller has extensive experience advising Fortune 500 companies on a broad range of tax matters. All lawyers mentioned are based in the firm’s Silicon Valley office.
Testimonials
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- 'The team is considered a leader in providing legal services in the blockchain/crypto industry. They provide timely and quality services.'
- 'I have recently worked with David Forst and Sean McElroy. They understand both the tax and business challenges on a recent engagement which resulted in high quality client services.'
Key clients
- Figma
- Meta Platforms, Inc.
Work highlights
- Representing Meta in multiple multimillion- and multibillion-dollar international tax controversy matters, transfer pricing work including a bilateral IRS advanced pricing agreement (APA), and numerous foreign tax credit and other international tax planning and restructuring matters.
- Represented Univision as primary international tax counsel in the company’s significant transactions, including in connection with its Televisa merger and its Global Center of Excellence Headquarter structure.