William M. Shaheen

William M. Shaheen

William M. Shaheen is a shareholder and a member of the firm's Transaction Team. He concentrates his practice on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, taxation, tax-exempt organizations, estate planning, and business immigration. Mr. Shaheen has served as corporate and tax counsel to clients in multiple industries, including manufacturing, distribution, retail, entertainment, professional services, and real estate. Mr. Shaheen focuses his practice on closely-held businesses, involving both entity-level and individual-level planning including the structuring of new businesses, joint venture agreements, and purchase and sale transactions for both corporate law and income tax planning purposes. He consults with clients in structuring transactions inbound to and outbound from the U.S. Mr. Shaheen has significant experience in estate planning and advising clients on transfer tax planning, charitable contributions, asset protection planning, and other aspects of the estate planning process. He works with U.S. and also non-U.S. residents in the course of their estate planning. For non-residents, he coordinates the necessary corporate structuring, immigration status, and estate work. His practice also includes selective U.S. immigration issues, where he has assisted clients with employment-based and investment-based visa petitions. Mr. Shaheen has published articles in Corporate Taxation, the Journal of Real Estate Taxation, the Journal of Tax-Exempt Organizations, The Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education manuals, and the Illinois Bar Journal. He has lectured on estate planning and on the income tax treatment of sales in condemnation.

Significant Representations

- Represented the principal officer of the allied travel division in one of the largest U.S. healthcare staffing acquisitions of 2006.
- Represented the principal officer in Europe of a multinational corporate services firm in structuring and implementing the buyout of the E.U. portion of the business.
- Redesigned the capital structure of a U.S. exporter classified as an Interest-Charge DISC for Federal income tax purposes as part of the tax and succession planning for the business.
- Served as tax counsel to a taxpayer in determining the Federal income tax treatment of expenses incurred to remediate real property contaminated by biological contaminants.
- Served as tax counsel to a multinational corporation's litigation of the constitutionality of the New Jersey corporate income tax provisions on transfer pricing.