Complex tax issues frequently appear in structuring strategic, financial, and commercial transactions and investment solutions. To find solutions to these challenging problems, customers Rely on Goodwin’s tax attorneys to advise on the entire array of international, state, and federal taxation problems. Clients seek us out not just to address their taxation problems on a transaction, but additionally to help them gain a competitive edge by making structures developed to fix the tax problems faced by the counterparties. Corporate Transactions / Mergers & Acquisitions / Life Sciences Representation. Our tax experts advise on the complete range of corporate transactions, including the creation of startup businesses, taxable and tax-free mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, cross border transactions, development and research joint ventures, technology transfer, and leveraged buyouts.

We work with issuers and investment banking companies in connection with securities offerings. We work with private equity customers at each point in the life span of an investment, from the structuring of the first investments, subsequent rounds, and the development of taxation effective exit plans for the fund’s holdings. From the life sciences space, our tax attorneys advise startups to mature public companies in structuring equity, acquisition, and divestiture transactions. We’ve initiated innovative structures to minimize corporate taxation in operations for life sciences companies, including structuring the tax transactions to offer liquidity to life sciences business investors in sales and options transactions with pharmaceuticals business buyers.

Private Investment Funds accomplished in all the aspects of the creation of investment funds along with other collective investment vehicles across asset classes, including venture capital, private equity, real estate, credit, infrastructure, natural resources, and securities. Goodwin’s tax attorneys ensure that the fund organized and documented to lessen the tax burdens to its investors and sponsors. Our experience includes the taxation concerns of tax-exempt and investors. Real Estate Capital Markets and REITs. We’re at the cutting edge in the representation of public and private REITs, real estate private equity funds, real estate developers, pension fund advisers.