Bruce I. Booken

Bruce I. Booken

Bruce I. Booken represents clients on a broad range of transactions including business formations, debt and equity financings, mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and joint ventures, as well as day to day commercial and operating issues. He is chair of the firm's Tax Section.

Bruce has a deep understanding of tax principles and experience in business and commercial transactions that span a diverse range of industries, including energy, oil and gas, technology and manufacturing companies, to name a few. This experience enables him to tailor his approach to clients' business and financial needs and objectives. He provides practical solutions aimed at helping clients address their business and financial objectives.

Bruce works with members of the firm's Litigation Group to assist clients in connection with commercial and business disputes. He is a trusted advisor to his clients, often serving as general counsel for companies that do not have in-house counsel.

Over the past several years he has handled business transactions with an aggregate value in excess of $12 billion. These transactions have included debt and equity financings, the purchase of assets, operating businesses, corporations and partnerships, as well as tax-free merger transactions. Certain of these transactions have been structured to qualify for tax-free treatment as a like kind exchange of assets. Bruce has also been involved in the structuring, formation and closing of several joint venture partnership transactions. He has assisted clients in designing and implementing corporate structure changes in order to enhance the ability to complete debt and equity financings.

Publications & Speeches

70 Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Attorneys and Specialists Named Best Lawyers in America; Firm Ranks First in Several Categories
August 5, 2009

Pittsburgh Attorneys Bruce Booken and Tom Thompson Profiled in Best Lawyers' 2009 Lawyers of the Year List
February 4, 2009

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Creates an Affiliation with Pittsburgh-Based Estate and Trust Tax Practice
January 12, 2009

Firm and Attorneys Noted in The Am Law Daily for Helping Resolve Steelers Ownership Situation
November 18, 2008

38 Pittsburgh Attorneys Noted in Pittsburgh Business Times for Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2009 List
November 18, 2008

69 Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Attorneys and Specialists Honored As Best Lawyers in America
September 26, 2008

Civic & Charitable

Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh, Board of Directors, member, past chair

Affiliations

Pennsylvania Bar Association

Past chair, Taxation Section, Allegheny County Bar Association

Taxation and Business Law Sections, American Bar Association

(Also at Aventura and Miami, Florida Offices)