Eversheds Sutherland handles intricate federal, international, and state and local tax matters, providing custom solutions to address our clients’ tax needs.
Eversheds Sutherland serves as tax counsel to many of the world’s most prominent corporations—including more than 35 of the Fortune 100—in every area of federal, international, state and local tax law. Our prominence in legal tax services dates back to the firm’s founding nearly a century ago. More than 100 tax attorneys represent taxpayers in federal, international, employee benefits, insurance, tax exempt, and state and local tax matters. By virtue of the size of our tax practice and our varied client base, we are active in every area of taxation—from planning the most complex corporate tax transactions to representing taxpayers in administrative and judicial tax controversies.
Our tax practice counsels in domestic and international tax planning, tax controversy, insurance taxation, joint ventures and partnerships, tax accounting, state and local tax, employee benefits, executive compensation and wealth management. Our tax attorneys apply a cross-disciplinary, cross-office approach to uncover new opportunities and develop creative solutions.
Our tax attorneys are recognized for their skills and acumen with appointments to national leadership positions in government and the private sector. Our firm has produced two IRS commissioners, one IRS Chief of Appeals and one IRS chief counsel. Further, our tax team includes attorneys who have held other positions at the IRS, the Treasury Department, and the Tax Division of the Justice Department. Members of our team have also served as leaders in the American Bar Association’s Section of Taxation, the Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council, the American College of Tax Counsel, the International Fiscal Association and the Council On State Taxation.
Why Eversheds Sutherland
Deep tax knowledge. More than 100 attorneys focus their practices on federal, international, state and local tax law.
Collaborative approach. We partner with corporate in-house teams to develop effective strategies for tax planning, transactions and disputes that serve the client’s tax and business objectives.
Connections. Many of our tax attorneys, including our tax litigators, served in federal, state or local government positions. This gives our tax team an understanding of the authorities' view of tax matters that can facilitate resolution of issues.
Success. Our clients recognize the results we achieve across all areas of our broad-based tax practice.
Firmwide support. Our tax lawyers are part of a much bigger and more diverse law firm. They can draw on the talents and experience of other attorneys with a vast range of understanding and knowledge—from energy to financial services.
Nuts and Bolts
Our key experience includes:
- Federal taxation
- International taxation
- State and local taxation
- Tax controversy and litigation
- Joint ventures and reorganizations
- Mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and spinoffs
- Employee benefits and executive compensation
- Income taxes, property taxes, and sales and use taxes
- Partnership tax
- Audits and disputes
- Inbound and outbound tax planning
- Transfer pricing
- Withholding and information reporting
- Wealth management
- Tax accounting
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If you have a need for deeply experienced tax counsel and pragmatic, efficient tax solutions, our tax attorneys can help.
