Corporate and Tax Practice

Merger and Acquisition 
The corporate and tax practice group has significant experience in merger and acquisition transactions involving both public and private companies, including banks and bank holding companies, electric utilities, health care providers and food product businesses. The firm has advised boards of directors of publicly held companies in hostile and negotiated transactions and tender offers, and counsels directors and partners in matters of fiduciary responsibility. 

Securities Regulation 
This practice group has advised public and private companies as corporate and securities counsel in all matters involving securities regulation, including private placements of debt and equity, and public offerings of securities underwritten by major investment bankers in the United States. 

Tax Planning 
The group's tax attorneys have served as lead counsel for public and private companies in complex tax-planning matters involving stock redemptions, holding companies, corporate liquidations, personal holding companies, limited liability companies, employee benefit plans, tax rulings, general and limited partnerships and family limited partnerships. 

Executive Compensation/Employee Pension 
Our corporate and tax practice group includes experienced tax lawyers who concentrate on the ERISA area and related aspects of executive compensation and employee pension and welfare benefit planning, including the design and administration of qualified and nonqualified retirement plans, employee benefit plan claims, and Department of Labor regulation.

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