Perkins Coie's Federal Tax practice serves a diverse client base, including Fortune 500 corporations, private equity funds, real estate investment trusts, emerging technology companies and family-owned businesses.  For these clients, we focus on tax issues arising from business or corporate transactions, such as reorganizations, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, spinoffs and other dispositions, leveraged buyouts and financings.

We counsel clients on the federal income tax aspects of executive compensation, equity incentive plans, intellectual property transfers, commercial finance and leasing arrangements, debtor⁄creditor workouts and bankruptcy, and cross-border transactions. We also represent clients in federal income tax audits, appeals proceedings and tax litigation.

Many of our attorneys have accounting and business backgrounds. By combining their business savvy with their tax law experience, our attorneys find solutions to even the thorniest tax problems.