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Mr Robert Wilson
Work Department
Of Counsel, Tax Department
Position
Robert Wilson is Of Counsel in the Tax practice and is based in the firm’s New York office.
Mr. Wilson regularly advises private fund sponsors and investment managers in all aspects of structuring, offerings, and operations of private investment funds (credit, private equity, and real estate). He also focuses his practice on analyzing tax issues with respect to mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, structured credit (with an emphasis on collateralized loan obligation transactions), real estate investment trusts, and regulated investment companies.
Mr. Wilson received his J.D., with honors, from Georgetown University Law Center in 2017. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Notre Dame in 2011. Mr. Wilson is admitted to practice law in New York.
Education
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D. 2017
University of Notre Dame, B.A. 2011
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Paul Hastings LLP’s tax practice across the West and East coasts has a strong hold in tax matters relating to international and national capital markets, cross-border M&A, real estate, restructurings, project finance, and renewable energy, advising clients such as Goldman Sachs, Carlyle, and Morgan Stanley. Based in New York, Joseph Opich leads the practice and is an expert in real estate tax and market-leading structured credit practice. In Los Angeles, Michael Haun provides tax advice on cross-border transactions, cryptocurrency, and real estate. Chicago’s Ziemowit Smulkowski specializes in federal income tax issues relating to private equity-backed investments and M&A. Lucas Rachuba in San Francisco and Thomas Wisialowski in Palo Alto focus on private equity, hedge funds, credit, venture capital, and real estate transactions. Gary Silber and Robert Wilson in New York handle a large variety of transactional and tax matters for clients such as pharmaceutical companies, investment managers, and real estate developers. Bringing considerable experience, Alex Farr and Daniel Nicholas joined the firm as partners in August 2024 from McDermott Will & Emery LLP and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, respectively.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Tax > International tax
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Finance > Project finance
- Finance > Commercial lending
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)