From large public and private healthcare companies to start-up companies to nonprofit organizations, Don Stuart brings a creative approach to solving complex tax and business issues. Don provides a vital perspective on the nuance and complexity of the tax laws and their impact on how a transaction is structured. Clients appreciate receiving Don's counsel at the onset of a deal and his tax planning advice and business solutions.Don's extensive experience with for-profit companies includes transactions involving mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, IPOs, liquidations and dispositions, spin-offs and tax-free reorganizations. Don also advises clients on limited liability companies, partnerships, private equity and venture capital financings, REITs and "S" corporations. He represents clients before the IRS and state tax authorities in tax audits and appeals, and in obtaining letter rulings. Nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations call on Don for assistance in a variety of matters, including board governance, conflicts of interest, joint ventures, intermediate sanctions, tax-exemption applications and Form 990 issues. In the nonprofit healthcare arena, Don has broad expertise with the new 501(r) requirements for tax-exempt hospitals. Don is the current Chair of the Tax and Finance Practice Group of the American Health Lawyers Association. Don has also spoken to various organizations and professional groups on tax-related topics and written for numerous publications.