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Romina Weiss
Position
Partner
Career
Romina Weiss, a partner in Goodwin’s Tax practice and ESG & Impact practice, has broad experience in corporate and partnership tax matters. Ms. Weiss advises public and private U.S. and international companies on tax issues arising from complex business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, within the private equity and technology industries, among others. She has significant experience in the organization of private equity funds, including buyout, secondary and real estate funds, and advising them on continuing operations, portfolio investments and M&A transactions. She also advises clients on the tax aspects of capital-raising activities, such as IPOs, equity derivatives and debt offerings.
Prior to joining Goodwin, Ms. Weiss was a partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
Education
JD, 1991, Harvard Law School (cum laude) / BA, 1988, Columbia University (summa cum laude)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Goodwin’s non-contentious tax practice advises on a broad range of matters, such as taxable and tax-free M&A, recapitalizations, joint ventures, and leveraged buyouts. The team is particularly strong in the life sciences space, regularly representing clients ranging from start-ups to mature public companies, as well as in the real estate sector, offering considerable combined expertise to REITs, private equity funds, developers, pension fund advisors, and domestic and international investors. Boston-based practice head Neal Sandford handles transactions involving S corporations, investments by tax-exempt investors, and restructurings, among other issues. Howard Cubell, also in Boston, specializes in advising private equity sponsors on acquiring, disposing of, and recapitalizing portfolio companies. Janet Andolina, chair of the firm’s New York office, has notable experience in M&A, spin-offs, restructurings, and reorganizations. Boston’s Edward Glazer regularly advises on the structuring of collective investment vehicles, real estate securitizations, REITS, and capital markets investment management. Kelsey LeMaster in San Francisco has several major long-term clients in the real estate sector, while New York’s Romina Weiss is strong in the tech and private equity spaces.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- International trade > CFIUS
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism