Goodwin, Tax | Chambers USA Profile

About

Provided by Goodwin

Our Tax team advises private equity, real estate, life sciences, and technology clients on how to structure their transactions to achieve optimal tax outcomes. We are here to streamline your journey, offering tailored strategies to minimize tax burdens and maximize returns.

This includes advising on company formation, taxable and tax-free M&A, recapitalizations, real estate transactions, investment fund formations, research and development joint ventures, tech transfers, leveraged buyouts, partnership transactions, and private and public securities offerings.

We have a long history of pioneering solutions that address business objectives, often yielding structures that challenge conventional tax paradigms. Our structures for REIT, private equity, and life sciences transactions are widely used today.

Connect with our Tax team and let us know how we can help.

Chambers Review

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Tax - Massachusetts

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Goodwin has a market-leading team of highly skilled practitioners that handles complex transactional matters. Areas of focus include real estate, corporate and private equity transactions. Also advises on REIT and fund formation-specific tax issues. Its client base is diverse and includes national and international businesses. Especially notable for handling tax matters in the life sciences space, acting for both startups and mature companies.

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Work Highlights

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Goodwin advised on the tax components of a partnership between Flagship Pioneering and Pfizer to create a new pipeline of medicines.

Strengths

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"Goodwin have exceptional minds with a great bedside manner."

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"Goodwin is able to provide effective counsel, drawing upon years of experience."

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"They are accurate, timely and user-friendly. Goodwin are excellent partners on tax."

Tax respondent
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"Goodwin have exceptional minds with a great bedside manner."

Tax respondent
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"Goodwin is able to provide effective counsel, drawing upon years of experience."

Tax respondent
USA

"They are accurate, timely and user-friendly. Goodwin are excellent partners on tax."

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Notable Practitioners

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Howard A Cubell

Senior Statespeople

Howard Cubell is a leading tax attorney who works with US and international private equity sponsors on transactions including the acquisition and disposal of portfolio companies.

"Howard can go toe-to-toe with anyone on tax matters."

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H Neal Sandford

Band 2

Neal Sandford is chair of Goodwin's tax practice and focuses on transactional tax issues, including M&A and REIT formation.

"Neal is a longstanding fund lawyer who is very strong and has great experience."

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Karen Turk

Band 3

Karen Turk advises on a range of tax work, from cross-border M&A to joint ventures, spinoffs and fund formation.

"Karen draws upon her extensive experience negotiating and structuring a wide range of deals to offer practical solutions to complex tax issues."

"She has such a wealth of experience and a great range of clients."

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Daniel Karelitz

Up and Coming

Daniel Karelitz is an up-and-coming lawyer who frequently advises clients in the life sciences sector on the tax elements of mergers and acquisitions.

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