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Turning 125: Nelson Mullins Celebrating 125 Years of Legal Service in 2022
In January 1897, attorney P.H. Nelson left his position as solicitor of the Fifth Judicial Circuit to set up a private law practice in Columbia, S.C. The State newspaper contained a short but prescient news item on Jan. 26 about the endeavor, which noted that "the new firm should meet with great success."
And they were right. Today, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP offers legal services in 15 states and the District of Columbia from 31 offices with 930+ attorneys, policy advisors, and professionals. It is the 71st largest law firm in the nation based on 2020 gross revenues, according to The American Lawyer’s Am Law 100, a legal news organization that tracks law firm growth.
Throughout 2022, Nelson Mullins will be sharing seminal events from its history that highlight its growth from a one-man firm in 1897 to where we are today. Click here to learn more.
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Tax Planning & Consulting
Creative tax advice for complex transactions & related tax issues
Whether you need
- advice on choice of business entities and structures for special situations
- tax planning and structuring for mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions
- structuring real estate investments, investment funds, or financial transactions
- other tax issues arising in special situations
our tax transactions and consulting practice has the background and depth of experience required to meet your difficult challenges.
Broadly experienced team
- Direct involvement of experienced professionals in all tax matters
- Certified public accountants and former members of accounting firms
- Former and current adjunct professors at multiple top law schools
- Fellows of American College of Tax Counsel
- Leaders in ABA tax section and state tax sections
We represent taxpayers across a broad range of business sectors
Our tax experience crosses a wide range of industries, including
- Fortune 100 and 500 companies
- Industrial and manufacturing companies
- Commercial, retail, and wholesale companies
- Real estate investment trusts (REITs) and other large property owners
- Service industries
- High-income individuals
- Non-profit organizations
The right blend of tax knowledge, business understanding, and creativity to efficiently structure your transaction
Our attorneys work closely with your in-house tax team (including CFOs, Tax Directors, and Tax VPs) to understand your business, appreciate the tax challenges you face and the solutions you need, and develop creative tax-planning solutions.
Our tax transactions and consulting attorneys are problem solvers, working to achieve your tax goals efficiently and creatively
- Choice of Entity and Structure – selecting the most tax-efficient entity for business or investment; evaluating business operations; reviewing tax planning initiatives, multistate corporate structures and filing profiles, credit facilities and corporate structure; and creating tax efficiency strategies
- Mergers and Acquisitions – counseling buyers, sellers, and private equity funds on the tax aspects of mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, spin-offs, split-offs and other business combination and divestiture transactions, including cross border and international transactions
- Real Estate Investments – advising REITs, real estate investors, fund managers and developers, on structuring real estate investments and on indirect tax aspects of real estate transactions, including complex like-kind exchange transactions
- Financial Transactions – regularly representing investment banks in connection with securities and commodities transactions, utility ownership and investment, principal investment in portfolio companies and investment partnerships, contractual relations with counterparties, vendors and clients, and broker-dealer operations; investment funds in all stages of planning, formation, and operation; mass market online, mail order and brick-and-mortar retailers in connection with their day-to-day compliance and operations; and prospective recipients of state and local tax and economic development incentives
Why Nelson Mullins?
- Depth of experience in sophisticated tax transactions and planning
- Practical business mindset
- Accessibility and responsiveness
- Proactive and creative approach
- Deep experience in tax regulations and administrative processes (the “unwritten rules”) that govern tax matters
- Speakers regionally and nationally on tax transactions, tax strategies, tax planning, and solutions
Why Nelson Mullins?
- Depth of experience in sophisticated tax transactions and planning
- Practical business mindset
- Accessibility and responsiveness
- Proactive and creative approach
- Deep experience in tax regulations and administrative processes (the “unwritten rules”) that govern tax matters
- Speakers regionally and nationally on tax transactions, tax strategies, tax planning, and solutions
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- E-Discovery & Information Governance
- Executive Compensation, ERISA, Employee Benefits
- Government Relations
- Litigation
- Non-Profit Organizations
- Probate Litigation
- Real Estate Investment Trusts
- State & Local Government Relations
- State & Local Tax
- Tax
- Tax Controversy
- Tax Lien Resolution & Litigation
- Taxable & Tax Exempt Entities
Why Nelson Mullins?
- Depth of experience in sophisticated tax transactions and planning
- Practical business mindset
- Accessibility and responsiveness
- Proactive and creative approach
- Deep experience in tax regulations and administrative processes (the “unwritten rules”) that govern tax matters
- Speakers regionally and nationally on tax transactions, tax strategies, tax planning, and solutions
Why Nelson Mullins?
- Depth of experience in sophisticated tax transactions and planning
- Practical business mindset
- Accessibility and responsiveness
- Proactive and creative approach
- Deep experience in tax regulations and administrative processes (the “unwritten rules”) that govern tax matters
- Speakers regionally and nationally on tax transactions, tax strategies, tax planning, and solutions
Experience
Following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.
- Advised buyers, sellers, and private equity funds on the tax aspects of mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, spin-offs, split-offs, and other business combination and divestiture transactions
- Represented issuers, underwriters, and placement agents in the tax aspects of all manner of capital market issuances, redemptions, solicitations, and restructurings (including public and private debt, high-yield debt, bonds, common and preferred stock, options, debentures, equity-linked notes, credit-linked notes, convertible and exchangeable instruments, swaps, forward contracts, collars, and various tax-advantage securities)
- Represented public and private REITs, institutional real estate investors, and real estate fund managers and developers
- Advised as to the structuring of real estate investments and on indirect tax aspects of real estate transactions, including complex like-kind exchange transactions
- Reviewed proposed transactions, structuring, negotiation, and documentation of transactions and the oversight of transaction implementation
- Evaluated business operations, review tax-planning initiatives, multistate corporate structures, and filing profiles, credit facilities, and corporate structure and created tax efficiency strategies
- Represented investment banks in connection with securities and commodities transactions, utility ownership, and investment; principal investment in portfolio companies and investment partnerships; contractual relations with counterparties, vendors, and clients, and broker-dealer operations; investment funds in all stages of planning, formation, and operation; mass market online, mail order and brick-and-mortar retailers in connection with their day-to-day compliance and operations; and prospective recipients of state and local tax and economic development
Why Nelson Mullins?
- Depth of experience in sophisticated tax transactions and planning
- Practical business mindset
- Accessibility and responsiveness
- Proactive and creative approach
- Deep experience in tax regulations and administrative processes (the “unwritten rules”) that govern tax matters
- Speakers regionally and nationally on tax transactions, tax strategies, tax planning, and solutions
Broadly experienced team
- Direct involvement of experienced professionals in all tax matters
- Certified public accountants and former members of accounting firms
- Former and current adjunct professors at multiple top law schools
- Fellows of American College of Tax Counsel
- Leaders in ABA tax section and state tax sections
We represent taxpayers across a broad range of business sectors
Our tax experience crosses a wide range of industries, including
- Fortune 100 and 500 companies
- Industrial and manufacturing companies
- Commercial, retail, and wholesale companies
- Real estate investment trusts (REITs) and other large property owners
- Service industries
- High-income individuals
- Non-profit organizations
The right blend of tax knowledge, business understanding, and creativity to efficiently structure your transaction
Our attorneys work closely with your in-house tax team (including CFOs, Tax Directors, and Tax VPs) to understand your business, appreciate the tax challenges you face and the solutions you need, and develop creative tax-planning solutions.
Our tax transactions and consulting attorneys are problem solvers, working to achieve your tax goals efficiently and creatively
- Choice of Entity and Structure – selecting the most tax-efficient entity for business or investment; evaluating business operations; reviewing tax planning initiatives, multistate corporate structures and filing profiles, credit facilities and corporate structure; and creating tax efficiency strategies
- Mergers and Acquisitions – counseling buyers, sellers, and private equity funds on the tax aspects of mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, spin-offs, split-offs and other business combination and divestiture transactions, including cross border and international transactions
- Real Estate Investments – advising REITs, real estate investors, fund managers and developers, on structuring real estate investments and on indirect tax aspects of real estate transactions, including complex like-kind exchange transactions
- Financial Transactions – regularly representing investment banks in connection with securities and commodities transactions, utility ownership and investment, principal investment in portfolio companies and investment partnerships, contractual relations with counterparties, vendors and clients, and broker-dealer operations; investment funds in all stages of planning, formation, and operation; mass market online, mail order and brick-and-mortar retailers in connection with their day-to-day compliance and operations; and prospective recipients of state and local tax and economic development incentives
Following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.
- Advised buyers, sellers, and private equity funds on the tax aspects of mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, spin-offs, split-offs, and other business combination and divestiture transactions
- Represented issuers, underwriters, and placement agents in the tax aspects of all manner of capital market issuances, redemptions, solicitations, and restructurings (including public and private debt, high-yield debt, bonds, common and preferred stock, options, debentures, equity-linked notes, credit-linked notes, convertible and exchangeable instruments, swaps, forward contracts, collars, and various tax-advantage securities)
- Represented public and private REITs, institutional real estate investors, and real estate fund managers and developers
- Advised as to the structuring of real estate investments and on indirect tax aspects of real estate transactions, including complex like-kind exchange transactions
- Reviewed proposed transactions, structuring, negotiation, and documentation of transactions and the oversight of transaction implementation
- Evaluated business operations, review tax-planning initiatives, multistate corporate structures, and filing profiles, credit facilities, and corporate structure and created tax efficiency strategies
- Represented investment banks in connection with securities and commodities transactions, utility ownership, and investment; principal investment in portfolio companies and investment partnerships; contractual relations with counterparties, vendors, and clients, and broker-dealer operations; investment funds in all stages of planning, formation, and operation; mass market online, mail order and brick-and-mortar retailers in connection with their day-to-day compliance and operations; and prospective recipients of state and local tax and economic development
- Depth of experience in sophisticated tax transactions and planning
- Practical business mindset
- Accessibility and responsiveness
- Proactive and creative approach
- Deep experience in tax regulations and administrative processes (the “unwritten rules”) that govern tax matters
- Speakers regionally and nationally on tax transactions, tax strategies, tax planning, and solutions
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