What we say about the firm's legal practice in US
Tax
Within Domestic tax: West Coast, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp is a third tier firm,
Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp’s David Wheeler Newman chairs a six partner and two senior of counsel tax practice group in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Wheeler Newman, an expert in a state and individual tax planning, is regarded by clients as ‘a leader in his field and an excellent and dynamic lawyer’. The tax team’s expertise closely matches the firm’s leading position in entertainment and intellectual property, and the lawyers also have considerable skills in charitable gift planning. Tax services on offer include planning, transactional matters, domestic and international structuring and restructuring, federal and state tax controversy, and executive compensation and employee benefits. The practice strength in individual and estate tax planning is also very well developed. Clients of the practice group include California Polytechnic State University, L-3 Communications, Motion Picture Industry Pension and Health Plans, Stanford University, The Jewish Federation and UCLA Foundation. In recent instructions, Wheeler Newman represented a university foundation in planning the tax efficient gift to an institution which involved real estate with a net equity in excess of $30m and a large amount of debt; a structure was devised which allowed the donors’ wives to retain the income while the value of the property passed to the University. Jeffrey Davine, who has considerable expertise in the entertainment industry, is recommended for his considerable skills and negotiation with tax authorities, and Robert Lowe for highly sophisticated knowledge in employee benefits tax and regulation.
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Offices in Los Angeles, New York, and Washington