Troy Van Dongen > McDermott Will & Emery LLP > San Francisco, United States > Lawyer Profile
McDermott Will & Emery LLP Offices
415 MISSION STREET
SUITE 5600
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105-2533
CALIFORNIA
United States
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Troy Van Dongen
Work Department
State & Local Tax
Position
Troy Van Dongen focuses his practice on the resolution of state and local tax (SALT) controversies through negotiation and litigation. He advises clients across the country in a variety of state and local tax matters, including income, franchise, sales, and use taxes, and he has a particularly strong background in property taxation.
Troy’s experience includes a wide range of industries, including: manufacturing and software; banking and finance; biotechnology; hospital management; non-profit organizations; commercial office leasing; solar and geothermal power production; lodging; education; security services; oil and gas; telecommunications; paper manufacturing; and sports and entertainment. He also counsels clients on the tax consequences of new forms of communications technology and the unique tax challenges in the telecommunications industry.
He is also a member of our legal cannabis industry group. Our Cannabis Industry group is a multidisciplinary team of lawyers providing clients with regulatory, litigation, intellectual property, trade and tax services with respect to their investments and participation in the cannabis industry, all subject to the Firm’s obligations under federal and state laws and bar licensure rules.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Tax > US taxes: contentious
McDermott Will & Emery LLP acts in IRS audits, administrative appeals, and trial and appellate litigation for high profile multinational clients, including numerous Fortune 100 companies. The department has strength in SALT matters and transfer pricing disputes, with key expertise in tax disputes in the digital market. Jane Wells May leads the department from Chicago. May focuses on SALT matters for major corporations in the manufacturing, retail, healthcare and energy industries, while Johnson has a practice focused on complex tax disputes, and has experience representing taxpayers in all stages of civil and criminal tax proceedings. Also based in Chicago is Catherine Battin, a SALT specialist with a history of defending internet sellers. Stephen Kranz, in Washington DC, is a key name for matters related to digital taxation, and has expertise in state tax reform. The San Francisco office houses Charles Moll, who is particularly active on SALT matters before the California tax authorities, and Troy Van Dongen, who is active nationwide, and has a background in property taxation. Boston-based Richard Call handles SALT litigation before administrative and judicial bodies.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Tax > Financial products
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Tax > International tax
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Fintech
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Government > Government contracts