Morgan Lewis

Morgan Lewis's Tax Practice is focused on helping our clients minimize the federal, state, and foreign taxes associated with their transactions and ongoing business operations, and resolve disputes with taxing authorities. We are well qualified to advise on the most complicated tax issues and offer practical and efficient solutions.

  • We work closely with the firm's corporate attorneys in connection with domestic and international mergers, acquisitions, spinoffs, buyouts, restructurings, and securities offerings. 
  • We work closely on a day-to-day basis with our clients' in-house tax personnel to help them address ongoing issues, satisfy their compliance obligations, and prepare for potential controversies. 
  • We are experienced in successfully resolving tax disputes with the IRS or with state and foreign tax authorities, through both the examination and appeals processes. 
  • We have successfully litigated a wide variety of tax disputes in the U.S. Tax Court, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, federal district and appellate courts, and numerous state courts. 
  • We proactively seek solutions by persuading the U.S. Treasury to publish regulations or rulings.

By integrating our consulting, controversy, and tax policy practices, we are able to provide our clients optimal tax results efficiently.

In addition to the Tax Practice, Morgan Lewis has many tax lawyers in the related practices of Corporate Investigations and White Collar, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, and Personal Law. With tax lawyers in Frankfurt, Harrisburg, London, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, Paris, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., Tax Business magazine has ranked Morgan Lewis 15th globally in terms of number of tax lawyers.

Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2005 and 2006) ranks the Morgan Lewis Tax Practice as one of the top tax practices in Washington, D.C., describing us as a "vibrant and dynamic practice, packed with talented people." Chambers has recognized Gary Wilcox (Philadelphia/Washington, D.C.), Celia Roady (Washington, D.C.), Miriam Fisher (Washington, D.C.), and Patrice Lefèvre-Péaron (Paris) as leading tax lawyers. Euromoney has listed Chuck Lubar (London) and Gary Wilcox as among the "World's Leading Tax Advisors." Our tax attorneys include a former IRS Deputy Commissioner, a former IRS Deputy Chief Counsel, and other former U.S. Department of Justice, Treasury, and IRS attorneys.

Our practice can advise clients in the following areas: