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Brian C. McManus
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Brian McManus is a partner in the Tax Department of Latham & Watkins. His practice focuses on civil and criminal tax litigation and controversies. He has successfully litigated complex tax cases in the US Tax Court, the Court of Federal Claims and several federal district and state courts. He also represents taxpayers in IRS audits, administrative claims, IRS protests and post-appeals mediations. Mr. McManus is recognized as a Noted Practitioner for his tax and tax controversy work by Chambers USA 2016. He is also recommended for his tax controversy work by The Legal 500 US 2014-2016.
Position
Tax Partner
Career
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Tax > US taxes: contentious
(Leading lawyers)Latham & Watkins LLP‘s team has expertise in a diverse range of high profile tax matters, including debt-equity and transfer pricing, employee benefits, tax-exempts, penalties and fraud. Practice head Miriam Fisher is well regarded for her record of representing taxpayers in high-stakes federal and state tax corporate controversies, with a history of acting for both multinationals and high net worth individuals. Fisher is based in Washington DC, alongside Jean Pawlow, who has significant experience in high profile tax controversy matters in the federal trial and appellate courts, in addition to alternative dispute resolution. Pawlow has broad sector expertise, and acts for clients in the pharmaceutical, retail, industrial and digital industries. Brian C. McManus, chair of the Boston tax department, specializes in IRS audits, appeals, and criminal investigations, and regularly handles disputes involving cross-border and offshore issues. Also key are Andrew Strelka, who rejoined in September 2021 from the Office of the White House, and Joshua Wu, who likewise returned to the firm in March 2021 from the Tax Division of the US Department of Justice. Strelka focuses on district tax court litigation, IRS appeals, summonses and enforcement, while Wu covers tax accounting disputes, IRS partnership audits, and offshore tax and reporting questions.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers United States > Tax > US taxes: contentious
- US taxes: contentious United States > Tax
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Finance > Fintech
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Industry focus > Sport
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
Firm Rankings
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government contracts
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)