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Alston & Bird LLP

Tax

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Alston & Bird LLP

Rankings

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Tax - New York

Band 5

What the Team is Known For

Alston & Bird LLP offers an accomplished state and local practice handling matters for a range of clients. The firm's expertise covers income, franchise and business license taxes, among others. Clients include sports teams and retailers, and the group is able to offer additional expertise in transactional and tax litigation matters.

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Strengths

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  • Alston & Bird's key strengths include its expertise across a wide range of legal areas and a collaborative, team-oriented culture. Its attorneys are extremely knowledgeable and responsive.

    Tax respondentUSA

  • The team understands our business extremely well and are very commercial in its advice. It also has unmatched expertise across states in our very nuanced area of sales tax law and regulation.

    Tax respondentUSA

  • Almost everything we give the team is complex and sophisticated and we keep returning to it because it excels at such matters.

    Tax respondentUSA

Notable Practitioners

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  • Matt Hedstrom
    Matt Hedstrom

    Matt Hedstrom

    Matt Hedstrom advises a range of sizable clients on state and local tax matters including audits and controversy, as well as general advisory work.

    • Matt is wonderful. He is very responsive and I feel like I am really prioritized.

      Tax respondentUSA

    • Matt is exceptional in every way. He understands the matter deeply and he can translate his advice accordingly. He is also not afraid to jump into numbers and spreadsheets.

      Tax respondentUSA
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  • Zachry Gladney
    Zachry Gladney

    Zachry Gladney

    Zachry Gladney is highly regarded for leading his clients through contentious state and local tax matters. He works with a range of clients, including software, manufacturing and publishing companies.

    • He has a good rapport with the state agencies and a strong grasp of the relevant law. He is very knowledgeable and one of the top folks we work with.

      Tax respondentUSA
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  • Edward Tanenbaum
    Edward Tanenbaum

    Edward Tanenbaum

    Edward Tanenbaum advises clients on the tax aspects of transactions, in particular advising companies being sold.

    • He is my go-to lawyer for very complex cross-border issues within the US.

      Tax respondentUSA
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