• Researching using Checkpoint, BNA, Westlaw, LexisNexis, & specific tax treatises to draft tax opinions, memoranda, & other deliverables.• Performing U.S. federal income tax due diligence for strategic & private equity clients. • Point contact and advanced user of KPMG’s legal entity management tool that showcases rationalization options & the ongoing management of the client’s structure. • Providing tax structuring advice to clients engaged in or contemplating taxable & tax-free mergers & acquisitions.• Coordination with KPMG Member Firms with respect to cross-border transactions or foreign inbound investment.• Computing limitations on tax attributes; Conducting studies of tax basis & earnings & profits; Analyzing the deductibility of costs related to certain acquisitive transactions.

• Researching using Checkpoint, BNA, Westlaw, LexisNexis, & specific tax treatises to draft tax opinions, memoranda, & other deliverables.• Performing U.S. federal income tax due diligence for strategic & private equity clients. • Point contact and advanced user of KPMG’s legal entity management tool that showcases rationalization options & the ongoing management of the client’s structure; • Providing tax structuring advice to clients engaged in or contemplating taxable & tax-free mergers & acquisitions.• Coordination with KPMG Member Firms with respect to cross-border transactions or foreign inbound investment.• Computing limitations on tax attributes; Conducting studies of tax basis & earnings & profits; Analyzing the deductibility of costs related to certain acquisitive transactions.

• Drafted confidentiality agreements & exclusive sub-license agreements.• Read & provided comments on asset & stock purchase agreements & accompanying issues lists.• Researched client issues in the area of corporate & securities law.• Performed due diligence by reading SEC filings, internal corporate documents, state laws, & information available through reputable resources to verify material representations.• Investigated ISS, Glass-Lewis, & others’ standards regarding corporate governance provisions to advise an existing client on updating corporate documents.

• Joint contract risk assessment project with ING Bank and Capital One. Evaluated confidentiality indemnification, termination, and warranty language in several hundred supplier contracts.

• Drafted pleadings, motions & supporting briefs, discovery requests, writs, & other court documents, as well as settlement agreements and letters for cases in Pennsylvania & New Jersey.• Drafted deeds, subordination agreements, satisfactions, & assignments for recording.• Performed legal research & prepared memorandums.• Obtained, reviewed, and summarized client documents produced in discovery; Prepared exhibits.

• Negotiated supply contracts for heavy equipment required on numerous projects simultaneously, namely supporting projects work for cement and pneumatic transport. • Communicated weekly with colleagues in India on project work.• Added-value to business processes by opening & managing communication between suppliers & project management, & by presenting progressive ideas to upper management.• Selected for Emissions Business Development Group, a high-level team appointed to establish FLS’s position in the emissions market.• Selected for Professional Career Development Program.• LEAN FastBreak “Champion.”