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Provided by Diana Doyle
Diana Doyle primarily advises on tax planning for multinational companies with an emphasis on private and public company mergers and acquisitions. Diana has advised domestic and international companies on such matters as structuring taxable and tax-free stock and asset acquisitions and dispositions, cross-border migrations, tax-free reorganizations and spin-offs, securities offerings, limited liability company agreements, and partnership tax. Diana also has significant experience with tax audits, administrative appeals, and litigation.
Diana is a member of and former Chair of the planning committee for the University of Chicago Tax Conference. She is a frequent speaker and writer on a variety of tax topics, including the following presentations and publications:
- “Cross-Border M&A Planning and Development” at Practising Law Institute’s International Tax Issues (2021)
- Investment Banking: Valuation, LBOs, M&A, and IPOs – Third Edition (2020) (Contributor)
- “TCJA & CARES Act Interactions – Traps for the Unwary” at Tax Executives Institutes’ 75th Annual Conference (2020)
- “The Graphic Guide to Section 163(j)” published in March/April edition of Tax Executive Magazine (2019)
- “Back in Time: In Search of a Coherent Theory of Transactional Retroactivity” at the University of Chicago Federal Tax Conference (2016) (paper published in March 2017 edition of TAXES)
She chairs Latham & Watkins' Brexit Task Force and is a member of its global strategic Initiatives Committee. Diana also has a particular interest in issues concerning women in the law and is a past board member of the Chicago-based Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law and a past Advisory Board member of Latham’s Women Enriching Business (WEB) initiative. Diana is also former Chair of Latham's Chicago Tax Department.
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Diana Doyle acts for an impressive roster of blue-chip multinationals such as pharmaceuticals and leisure companies, advising on tax issues arising from complex cross-border transactions.
Provided by Chambers
"Diana is great to work with. She's a long-time adviser to us, and is very helpful and responsive in working through complex matters across deal activity and transactions."
"We keep working with her because she is very responsive, smart and understanding. Diana gets all the technical aspects, but is also very good at explaining it in plain English."
"Diana is great to work with. She's a long-time adviser to us, and is very helpful and responsive in working through complex matters across deal activity and transactions."
"We keep working with her because she is very responsive, smart and understanding. Diana gets all the technical aspects, but is also very good at explaining it in plain English."
