Morrison Foerster

Morrison Foerster’s transactional tax practice offers considerable combined expertise in the real estate and semiconductor sectors, last year advising the $5.2bn semiconductor IP company Arm Holdings Ltd in relation to its Nasdaq Global Select Market IPO. The group is also notably active in the biotech/pharma and sustainability spaces. New York-based practice chair Anthony Carbone advises clients on M&A, reorganizations, fund formation, and leveraged buyouts, with a client base that includes acquiring and target companies, private equity funds, deal sponsors, investment banks, commercial banks, and venture capital and hedge funds. Shane Shelley in San Diego focuses on federal income tax issues in the real estate, renewable energy, and financial products spaces. San Francisco’s Bernie Pistillo handles the tax aspects of international and domestic mergers, corporate restructurings, and spin-offs. Joy MacIntyre, also in San Francisco, has extensive experience forming partnerships, limited liability companies, Subchapter C and S corporations, real estate investment trusts, mutual funds, and tax-exempt entities. Brian Radigan in New York advises private equity funds, startup entities, REITs, and multinational corporations. Dave Sturgeon and Katherine Erbeznik, both in New York, play key roles in the team. Jay Blaivas departed the firm in September 2023.