Alston & Bird LLP
90 Park Avenue,
New York,NY 10016
Tel: +1 212 210 9425
Fax: +1 212 210 9444
Website: www.alston.com
Contact: Edward Tanenbaum
Email: edward.tanenbaum@alston.com
Firm profile:
Alston & Bird is a major US law firm, with an extensive full-service, national and international practice. Alston & Bird has more than 900 attorneys and offers services in virtually every practice area from antitrust to utilities.
The Tax Section of Alston & Bird LLP, which includes over 80 attorneys, is broadly experienced in serving the tax planning, dispute resolution, and tax legislative needs of a wide variety of US and foreign clients. The firm is committed to offering cutting-edge expertise through its organization in the following eight specialized and integrated tax practice groups: Federal Income Tax, International Tax (including transfer pricing and advance pricing agreements), Federal Tax Controversies and Litigation (which includes disputes ranging from audit and administrative appeals to mediation, trial and appellate litigation), Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, ERISA Litigation, State and Local Tax, Wealth Planning, and Exempt Organizations.
Because we offer the full range of tax specialties, we are capable of responding with coordinated advice that spans the full range of federal, state, and international tax issues that arise in today's global business transactions. Although organized in a highly specialized manner, our tax lawyers take pride in a commitment to providing practical advice grounded in a thorough understanding of the business realities of the client's problem.
Our tax lawyers consistently serve the community and the tax bar through leadership positions in various professional organizations. Many of our tax lawyers maintain high profile responsibilities in major tax organizations such as the International Fiscal Association, the National Institute for State and Local Taxation, the US Council for International Business, and the International Bar Association and a number of our lawyers have credentialed themselves as chairs or co-chairs of important tax committees and task forces within the American Bar Association.
The firm, and many of its tax attorneys, are included in Euromoney's 2009 Guide to the World's Leading Tax Advisors and in Euromoney's World Tax 2009.
Other offices:
Atlanta, Georgia; Washington, DC; Charlotte, North Carolina; Raleigh, North Carolina; Los Angeles, California; Silicon Valley, California; Dallas, Texas
Languages spoken:
Arabic, Chinese, German, Japanese, French, Italian, Spanish, Hindi, Turkish, Russian and Portuguese.