U.S. Tax

Morrison Foerster provides strategic tax advice to clients worldwide, from leading global companies to innovative emerging growth companies who are disrupting business models. We guide clients on their operational tax planning and on general business and transactional matters, including cross-border matters.

Clients continuously call on our tax lawyers for their tax needs because we are extremely adept at favorably handling their most important and complex tax issues.

Working with our colleagues across practices, we handle tax matters related to:

• M&A, Private Equity, and Venture Capital
• Partnerships, Investment Funds, and Tax Equity
• REITs and Real Estate Transactions
• Capital Markets and Structured Finance
• International Taxation and Tax Treaties
• Tax Controversies and Litigation
• State and Local Tax
• Non-Profit Organizations

M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital

Our tax lawyers work closely with lawyers in our M&A, private equity, and venture capital practice groups to develop practical, value-added solutions for clients in a wide variety of transactional contexts. We routinely represent clients around the globe in connection with taxable and non-taxable acquisitions, dispositions, restructurings, and reorganizations, as well as financings, refinancings, and recapitalizations.

We help to shape current market practices and serve as thought leaders and innovators across a wide range of industries, including consumer products, technology and telecommunications, healthcare, real estate, manufacturing and industrial, media and entertainment, and mining and natural resources.