Tax

We are known for our large, diverse tax practice and our experienced attorneys. Our team comprises an extraordinary group of professionals, including former senior government, Congressional staff, IRS, Treasury Department, and Justice Department officials with vast experience in all types of sophisticated tax planning and controversy work, representing some of the largest corporations and tax-exempt organizations in the world.

We pride ourselves on finding practical, creative solutions for our clients—of all sizes—who entrust us with their problems. These issues span the “cradle-to-grave” spectrum of tax issues.

Our practice covers all aspects of federal and state taxation:

• Corporate Tax Transactions
• Employee Benefits/ERISA/Executive Compensation
• Exempt Organizations
• Insurance Tax
• International Tax 
• IRS Controversy & Tax Litigation
• Legislative & Administrative, Congress & Treasury
• Partnerships/LLCs/S Corporations
• State & Local Tax

The tax practice is led by Mark Silverman, noted as one of DC's Top Ten Tax Attorneys in the 2005 Legal Times, recognized in the 2008 Who's Who Legal for Corporate Tax, and listed in Best Lawyers in America 2009 for Mergers & Acquisitions Law and Tax Law. He was also ranked in Chambers Global 2009, The World's Leading Lawyers for Business for Corporate Tax in the United States.

Our tax attorneys speak regularly on important tax subjects, teach in educational institutions and institutes, author respected texts and articles on tax subjects, participate in leadership roles in major tax professional organizations, and are widely respected in their fields of tax law. We encourage our tax attorneys to undertake professional development activities, to contribute to the development of the tax law, and to serve as leaders of the tax bar.

Noteworthy

• Ranked, Chambers Global 2010 — Tax: Corporate and Finance (US)
• Ranked, Chambers USA 2010, America’s Leading Business Lawyers (District of Columbia)
• Recommended by Legal 500 US 2010
• Recognized in International Tax Review's "World Tax 2009"
• Recommended by Practical Law Company for US and Washington DC Tax
• Recognized in Who's Who Legal for Corporate Tax in 2007-2008
• Eight members were listed in Best Lawyers in America 2008: Arthur Bailey, Patrick Derdenger, Michael Durst, Matt Lerner, Suzanne Ross McDowell, Mark Silverman, Philip West, and Matthew Zinn

Select News & Events

• Legal 500 US Honors Seven Practices and 23 Attorneys from Steptoe
• Insurance Day Quotes Tax Partner Kassim Meghjee
• Chambers USA Honors 18 Steptoe Practices and 41 Attorneys
• Global Reinsurance Quotes Tax Partner Kassim Meghjee
• Phil West Speaks at International Fiscal Association Annual Meeting
• Mark Silverman Speaks at 60th Annual Tax Institute
• Mark Silverman Speaks at PLI’s Tax Planning for Domestic & Foreign Partnerships, LLCs, Joint Ventures & Other Strategic Alliances 2010 Conference in San Francisco, CA
• Seventh Annual Construction Industry Tax Issues Seminar

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Publications

• Navigating the Internal Revenue Service’s Industry Issue Focus Program: Ten Guidelines for Taxpayers
  September 1, 2010, National Law Review
• Protecting Tax Documents after United States v. Deloitte
  August 30, 2010, National Law Review
• Distinction Between State Aid and General Tax Measures
  August 2010, EC Tax Review
• How To Make Your Audit Successful Before It Begins…And Handle It After It Starts
  August 2010

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