Haynes and Boone, L.L.P.’s transactional tax team works closely with the firm’s corporate, investment management, real estate, and bankruptcy departments to handle the tax aspects of middle-market through to billion-dollar transactions. The group, with lawyers located across the country, operates in a wide range of industries, including healthcare, energy, tech, retail, and real estate, among others. Don Shiman in New York advises on mergers, restructurings, securities offering, fund formation, and real estate transactions. He chairs the practice alongside Lauren White in Dallas. Brandon Jones in Fort Worth, who joined the firm in January 2023 from Winstead PC, regularly assists corporations, partnerships, REITs, and MLPs with their tax issues.
Key clients
- Beneficient
- IKAV
Work highlights
- Represented Avantax, Inc. (f/k/a Blucora, Inc.) in the $720 million sale of its tax software business, TaxAct, to an affiliate of Cinven Ltd.,
- Successfully advised Beneficient in its $3.3 billion merger with special purpose acquisition company Avalon Acquisition Inc.