The tax practice at Steptoe brings clients decades of advisory, transactional, and advocacy experience in federal and state taxation. Clients rely on us for practical and creative solutions to issues that span the spectrum of tax law through all stages of the business lifecycle.
- Tax Controversies & Litigation
- Tax Policy
- International Tax
- Private Client
- Trusts & Estates
- Transactional Tax
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Exempt Organizations
Our team includes an extraordinary group of professionals, including former senior government officials from Congressional offices, the IRS, Treasury, and Justice Department, who have vast experience in sophisticated tax planning, audit, and controversy work. Our clients include some of the world’s largest corporations and tax-exempt organizations, as well as high-net-worth individuals, and we advise them with respect to their most important tax matters.
Our strength is our effective advocacy for our clients. We represent them before the IRS, the Treasury Department, the courts, and in Congress, as well as before foreign tax authorities, for example through competent authority proceedings. We advise clients on the tax aspects of mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, financings, and investment arrangements and draw on our deep understanding of corporate, partnership, and international tax, as well as our extensive experience in evolving judicial practice and procedures, strategy, and tactics.
Widely respected in the field of tax law, our lawyers contribute to its development. We regularly speak on important tax subjects, teach in educational institutions and institutes, author respected texts and articles on tax subjects, and participate in leadership roles in leading tax professional organizations.
Noteworthy
- Chambers USA, Tax: Controversy, Nationwide (2008-2023)
- Chambers USA, Tax: Corporate & Finance, Nationwide (2009-2023)
- Chambers USA, Tax, DC (2006-2023)
- Legal 500 US, Tax: US Taxes: Contentious (2009-2023)
- Legal 500 US, Tax: International (2011-2023)
- Legal 500 US, Tax: US Taxes: Non-Contentious (2009-2023)
- Legal 500 US, Tax: Not-for-Profit (2013-2023)
News & Publications
Client Alerts
Treasury and IRS Finalize Energy Tax Credit Transferability Regulations
May 9, 2024
By: Lisa M. Zarlenga, Nick Sutter, N. Hunter Johnston, John Cobb
Client Alerts
April 29, 2024
Media Mentions
Bloomberg Tax Quotes Larry Hill in Article About Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax
April 15, 2024
Publications
Offshore and Out of Mind: Reporting Foreign Assets and Gifts
The Tax Adviser
April 2024
By: Lauren Azebu
Media Mentions
March 21, 2024
Publications
IRS Transfer Pricing Memo on Implicit Support Has Legal Flaws
Bloomberg Law
March 5, 2024
Media Mentions
E&E News Quotes Steve Dixon and Hunter Johnston Regarding Legal Challenge to Biden Tax Rules
February 29, 2024
Publications
Proposed Hydrogen Tax Credit Regs May Be Legally Flawed
Law360
February 28, 2024
By: N. Hunter Johnston, Steven R. Dixon, Michelle Castaline, Nick Sutter
Events
Webinars
Real Estate Workouts: Borrow and Lender Issues
June 26, 2024
Speakers: Lauren Azebu, James M. Carolan, Sabina Jacobs Margot, Jeffrey M. Reisner
Seminars & Events
Global Trade and Enforcement Symposium in Hong Kong
June 1, 2023
Speakers: Renato Antonini, Yongqing Bao, Brigida Benitez, Brian G. Burke, Ali Burney, Henry Cao, John Caracappa, Boyd Cloern, Robyn C. Crowther, Brian J. Fleming, Coy Garrison, Stacie R. Hartman, Zoey Hong, Stanley C. Kuo, Amy J. Lentz, Michelle L. Levin, Patrick F. Linehan, Lucinda A. Low, Jamie Lucia, Alexandra Melia, Cáitrín McKiernan, Eva Monard, Darryl Nirenberg, Gwendolyn Prothro Renigar, Angus Rodger, Guy Soussan, David M. Stetson, Grace Wang, Philip R. West, Charles Whiddington, Wendy Wysong, Lin Yang, Bo Yue, Wilson Zhao
Webinars
State and Local Taxation: Headline News and Trends
March 22, 2022
Speakers: David Uri ben Carmel, Jennifer R. Noel
Seminars & Events
Year End Tax Conference and Celebration
December 6, 2021
Speakers: Alan Cohn, Steven R. Dixon, Micah S. Green, Zvi Hahn, Lawrence Hill, Aaron P. Nocjar, Caitlin R. Tharp, Beth D. Tractenberg, Amanda Pedvin Varma, Philip R. West, Lisa M. Zarlenga
Webinars
The IRS on Steroids: Audits of Wealthy Taxpayers
October 5, 2021
Speakers: Lawrence Hill, Beth D. Tractenberg