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Baker McKenzie LLP Offices

1900 N. Pearl St.
Suite 1500
TEXAS
75201
United States
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Stephen Long

Work Department
Tax
Position
Stephen’s practice focuses on multistate tax issues. He successfully handles complex state and local tax matters across the US, including tax controversy, transactional, and planning matters, for some of the largest companies in the world.
He has deep experience with variety of state and local taxes, including corporate income tax, sales and use tax, gross receipts taxes, and oil production tax.
He regularly represents clients during audit, through administrative appeals, and if necessary, in court. He has successfully helped clients resolve thorny state tax issues in a multitude of states and has a particular focus on the taxes and appeals system in Texas.
He also helps clients manage the state and local tax impact of major acquisitions, dispositions, and combinations in transactions that often feature international as well as domestic tax aspects.
While many of his clients are large multinational companies, Stephen also represents high net worth individuals with individual tax issues, such as domicile and residency issues.
Languages
English
Memberships
- Texas Comptroller’s Taxpayer Advisory Group – Member
- State Bar of Texas – Tax Council – Elected Member
- State Bar of Texas – SALT Committee – Two-term chair
- State Bar of Texas Tax Section Leadership Academy (2014-2015 class)
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Finance > Project finance
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- International trade and national security > National Security
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense