Goodwin, Tax | Chambers USA Profile

About

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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 who handle 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

Goodwin advised Century Therapeutics on the tax aspects of an acquisition of Clade Therapeutics.

Strengths

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The firm's lawyers are not only knowledgeable and diligent, but pleasant to work with and responsive.

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Goodwin provides a high level of client service.

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Extremely responsive to all needs whether simple or complex.

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The firm's lawyers are not only knowledgeable and diligent, but pleasant to work with and responsive.

Tax respondent
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Goodwin provides a high level of client service.

Tax respondent
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Extremely responsive to all needs whether simple or complex.

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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.

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H Neal Sandford

Band 2

Neal Sandford is chair of Goodwin's tax practice. He is well regarded for his representations of many clients including large real estate entities and biotech companies. He is particularly adept at advising on the establishment of joint ventures, M&A and REIT matters.

Neal is intelligent, client service-oriented and well versed in the real estate space.

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