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Our Tax Department is recognized among the best in the United States and is comprised of accomplished business lawyers with highly sophisticated tax capabilities. Our tax lawyers play a major role in structuring, negotiating and implementing nearly every substantial matter handled by the firm’s diverse transactional practice, including some of the most sophisticated U.S., cross-border and international deals being done today. While our tax lawyers work closely with our corporate, bankruptcy, real estate, litigation and entertainment lawyers to structure transactions in a tax-efficient manner, they often provide the key to a successful transaction by increasing the overall economic benefits of the deal and discovering innovative approaches to reduce the client’s tax burden.

The breadth of the Paul, Weiss transactional tax practice is unique, ranging from M&A transactions for industry leaders — such as Time Warner Cable Inc., Sony Corporation, Carnival Cruise Lines and Citigroup, Inc. — to helping entrepreneurs launch start-up enterprises and investment funds. Our clients, large and small, tend to be market innovators who come to Paul, Weiss to help them break new ground.

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Allison Friedman
Tax Associate

I'm always learning here. Tax law is always changing, and one change in one area causes more changes to occur throughout the rest of the code. We are always learning something new, associates and partners alike. Over time, the little pieces of discrete knowledge come together to form a complete picture, and the process is really exciting.

Our department is like a family. Everyone is friendly and encouraging. You get very involved in deals early on in your career – the partners trust you. They're not afraid to throw you into the deal – they have a way of assessing your capabilities. They're always there to support you, and if you have any questions you can always go to them.

Being in a smaller department has real benefits. The tax side of any given deal will generally be staffed by a partner and one or two associates – so there are a lot of opportunities to learn and to build long-term relationships with clients. Whenever issues come up on a deal, you're an integral part of the process: you'll get a lot of client contact.

The variety of the work itself is also impressive. Just over the last two years I've worked on bankruptcy, tax, M&A and fund formation matters. And different parts of transactions too. So when there's an acquisition we work on the actual purchase agreements with M&A lawyers, and then later on in the same deal we work on the credit agreements with the finance lawyers. I love that – getting to be involved in all parts of the transaction and working with lawyers across many different disciplines. It's great to mix it up: I'm never bored.