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Latham & Watkins LLP
355 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE
LOS ANGELES, CA 90071-1560
CALIFORNIA
United States
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Sam Weiner is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins, the former Chair of the firm’s Transactional Tax Practice and Co-chair of the firm’s Asian Tax Practice. Mr. Weiner's practice focuses on federal and state taxation of corporations and partnerships in a variety of US and international contexts.

Position

Tax Partner

Career

http://www.lw.com/people/samuel-weiner

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Tax > US taxes: non-contentious

(Hall of Fame)

Samuel WeinerLatham & Watkins LLP

Latham & Watkins LLP is experienced across a diverse range of key sectors, including financial services, energy, retail, life sciences, and natural resources, among others. The group is noted for its expertise in bankruptcy and insolvency restructurings, international tax planning, investment funds, M&A, REITs, securities and financial products. Practice co-head Jiyeon Lee-Lim‘s recent activity involves big ticket SPACs that concern both IPOs and business combinations, while in Chicago, fellow co-head Joseph Kronsnoble specializes in bankruptcies – an area in which David Raab and San Francisco-based Kirt Switzer further excel. Washington DC-based Andrea Ramezan-Jackson advises public and private companies on complex tax-structured M&A and IPOs. In Los Angeles, Samuel Weiner and Pardis Zomorodi are noted for their respective strengths in loss preservation and debt cancellation, and REITs. Also recommended are Matthew Dewitz, a seasoned transactional tax attorney, and Houston-based Bryant Lee, who focuses on partnership taxation. All named individuals are based in New York unless noted otherwise.