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I focus on state and local tax work, principally property tax, transfer tax, sales tax and state income tax. My property tax work involves both valuation issues and Proposition 13 change of ownership questions including complex corporate reorganizations, partnership restructurings and estate and trust transfers. My property tax work covers all types of properties, including industrial and manufacturing facilities, office buildings, hotels, shopping malls, golf courses, multi-family and senior residential, public utilities and undeveloped real estate. My sales tax work includes minimizing sales tax exposure through statutory exemptions, use of electronic technology transfers, efficient transactional allocations and indirect asset transfers through entities.I have extensive experience representing taxpayers in audits, administrative appeals and tax litigation against, the IRS, the State of California and various cities and counties. I regularly appear before the Franchise Tax Board, the State Board of Equalization, local Assessment Appeals Boards and the California Courts. I was co-counsel in the Navistar sales tax case before the California Supreme Court.I also do state and federal transactional tax work associated with technology companies. My tax practice includes all phases of formation and financing for emerging companies, including mergers and acquisitions, both nontaxable reorganizations and taxable transactions. My practice also includes executive compensation work, encompassing founders agreements, Incentive Stock Options, Nonqualified Stock Options, section 83(b) elections, golden parachute taxes and the financings for employee stock acquisitions.

Listed skills include Mergers And Acquisitions, Tax Law, Tax, Mergers, and 8 others.

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  Partner

  Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Llp

  Oct 1987 - Present - Palo Alto