Holland & Hart LLP, Tax | Chambers USA Profile

About

Provided by Holland & Hart LLP

Comprehensive tax solutions guide clients at every phase of planning, compliance, and controversy resolution.

When tax issues arise, our team provides the deep thinking, clarity, and experience needed to resolve them. Taking a holistic approach, Holland & Hart focuses on achieving outcomes that support our clients’ business priorities with minimal tax exposure. Our solutions are actionable, effective, and often novel—always based on our clients’ business goals and specific problems.

Composed of nearly 60 dedicated, results-driven tax professionals, our team brings together CPAs, white collar defense attorneys, trial and appellate lawyers, lawyers from the DOJ and state government, and lawyers who have successfully represented clients before the IRS and states for decades.

Persuasive, skilled, experienced, and knowledgeable, we represent multinational corporations in high-stakes and grey-area legal matters. We help clarify the law in evolving and specialized areas including oil and gas, opportunity zones, cannabis, mergers and acquisitions, LLC, state and local, and partnership tax matters. When in-house corporate tax and compliance teams need sophisticated insights into emerging trends, they can count on us.

Chambers Review

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Tax - Colorado

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Holland & Hart LLP has a highly regarded team with vast expertise in the full range of tax matters. The team advises on tax planning at a state, federal and international level, as well as representing clients in litigation. It regularly advises clients on structuring transactions in a tax-efficient manner, with notable experience acting for clients in the energy and natural resources sector. The team is further complemented by the firm's capabilities in labor and employment work, and its private client practice.

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Work Highlights

Holland & Hart LLP negotiated tax representations, tax covenants and related aspects of the sale for Hanwha Q Cells in connection with the sale of the 150MW South Cheyenne Solar project to Southern Power Company.

Strengths

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Holland & Hart has specialist knowledge coupled with exceptional service.

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Holland & Hart has expertise across the board.

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The firm has top tier professionals who really engage with their clients to provide the best counsel possible. The team always meets and exceeds expectations.

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Holland & Hart has specialist knowledge coupled with exceptional service.

Tax respondent
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Holland & Hart has expertise across the board.

Tax respondent
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The firm has top tier professionals who really engage with their clients to provide the best counsel possible. The team always meets and exceeds expectations.

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Notable Practitioners

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John Maxfield

Senior Statespeople

John Maxfield is a veteran adviser who is renowned for his expert tax planning advice. He is also experienced advising on income tax issues.

John has a great wealth of knowledge.

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Adam Cohen

Band 1

Adam Cohen has notable experience advising on the tax structuring of M&A transactions and private equity investments, as well as handling tax reorganizations. His clients include those in the energy and retail sectors.

Adam is incredibly knowledgeable in the tax space.

Adam is an expert in his field. He is timely, efficient and always a pleasure to work with.

Adam is a great, technical lawyer.

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Jennifer Benda

Band 1

Jennifer Benda is an expert adviser on both contentious and transactional tax matters. She is also noted for her strength in cannabis law.

Jennifer is a highly practical and commercial lawyer with exceptional client service skills.

Jennifer is always responsive, practical and accessible.

She is the best in the business in terms of tax in relation to cannabis.

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Peter J Perla

Band 1

Peter Perla handles the tax aspects of a wide spectrum of transactions. He also advises on pre-transaction restructurings for the facilitation of tax-efficient deal structures.

Peter brings broad technical skills to bear on commercial problems.

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Arthur Hundhausen

Band 2

Arthur Hundhausen maintains a diverse tax practice and has notable experience providing valuation advice and handling matters arising from the sale and reorganization of companies.

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