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WASHINGTON, DC 20001-1531
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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Timothy Shuman
Work Department
Tax/US & International Tax
Position
Timothy (Tim) S. Shuman is the head of McDermott’s US & International Tax Practice and is based in the Washington, DC office. He focuses his practice on corporate and international tax matters for US and non-US multinationals, with particular emphasis on domestic and cross-border acquisitions, dispositions, restructurings and liquidations. He has been involved in more than a dozen spin-offs by publicly traded companies, plus several involving privately held companies. He has served as lead tax counsel in some of the most significant public M&A transactions over the past several years. He advises clients on internal spin-offs and tax-free reorganizations and regularly represents clients in obtaining private letter rulings and other guidance from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). He also advises on tax issues involving private equity funds and regulated investment companies.
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Lawyer Rankings
United States > Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Praised for its broad capabilities across transactional and advisory mandates, McDermott Will & Emery LLP solidifies its reputation with a steady stream of big-ticket instructions for Fortune 100 companies, as well as various public and private corporations. Washington DC-based co-head Tim Shuman focuses on cross-border acquisitions, dispositions, restructurings and liquidations, handling a significant number of internal spin-offs and tax-free reorganizations. Fellow co-head Jane Wells May anchors the firm’s state and local tax offering. Also in DC, Caroline Ngo‘s expertise further spans foreign tax credit planning and bilateral income tax treaties – an area in which David Noren excels. Lowell Yoder
and Damon Lyon are noted for their cross-border M&A and global tax planning acumen, while the New York-based John Lutz specializes in structured finance, derivatives, and hedge funds. Other recommended individuals include the tech-focused Dominika Korytek in San Francisco, and international tax expert Jeffrey Maydew. All named lawyers are based in Chicago unless noted otherwise.
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