Federal, state tax and local issues impact our clients' activities throughout their existence. Whether in connection with a client's formation, operations, a merger or acquisition, restructuring, bankruptcy, or upon dissolution and liquidation, our firm's tax lawyers work closely with our other practice groups to meet the specific needs of our clients and provide counseling and representation in numerous federal and state tax matters including:  

• Entity selection
• Corporate and partnership taxation
• Tax-free reorganizations
• Commercial loans, leases and workouts
• Structuring of business transactions including taxable and tax-free mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, spin-offs and split-ups, recapitalizations, reincorporation, and leveraged ESOP transactions
• Executive compensation, including qualified and non-qualified option plans, employee stock purchase plans, restricted stock, stock appreciation rights, nonqualified deferred compensation and Section 409A issues
• Like-kind exchanges
• Exempt organizations
• Tax litigation
• State and local tax planning including Tennessee franchise and excise tax, hall income tax, sales and use tax, and property tax

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