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Overview
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Lawyers in the firm's tax section have a long tradition of advising clients on complex tax planning and controversy matters. Our lawyers advise clients on a wide range of business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, international planning, capital formation, joint ventures, private equity, tax-exempt finance and state and local tax matters. Our lawyers have extensive experience in advising clients on matters of unique importance to the energy industry, such as capital formation through publicly-traded partnerships and trusts, maximizing the value of energy tax credits and acquisitions and divestitures of energy-related assets. Our tax controversy practice successfully represents clients in a broad range of industries in federal and state tax matters at all stages: examination, administrative appeals, trial and appellate review. Our personal tax practice provides income, gift, and estate tax planning for individuals, family businesses, and families of substantial wealth.
The 2004-2005 Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business ranked Vinson & Elkins as the top-ranked tax practice in Texas. In a separate survey of lawyers at the 400 largest U.S. law firms, Vinson & Elkins was rated as having the fourth best tax practice in the nation, and 10 Vinson & Elkins’ lawyers were named The Best Lawyers in America, 2003-2004 in tax law.
Vinson & Elkins has maintained an employee benefits and executive compensation practice for more than 35 years. Our lawyers handle the entire spectrum of issues encountered by employer sponsors of employee benefit plans, investment managers of plan assets and other fiduciaries, and high-level management concerning executive compensation matters. In our work, we represent a diverse group of clients by providing counseling and advocacy on a regular basis in response to an ever-changing tax, regulatory, and economic environment. Three Vinson & Elkins’ lawyers were named The Best Lawyers in America, 2003-2004 in employee benefits law.
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