William Caporizzo > WilmerHale > Boston, United States > Lawyer Profile
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BOSTON, MA 02109
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William Caporizzo
Work Department
Cross-Border Transactions; Emerging Company and Venture Capital; Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits; Life Sciences; Private Equity; Tax
Position
Partner
Vice Chair, Transactional Department
Career
Bill Caporizzo is a leading lawyer and certified public accountant who helps both private and public companies navigate the complex tax issues they often face. For more than 30 years, Mr. Caporizzo has been regularly called upon to represent clients on the tax implications of domestic and cross-border corporate mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, as well as international restructurings. He also focuses on all tax issues related to early-stage companies, including equity compensation issues, and structuring financing transactions and mergers and acquisitions for efficient tax results. In addition, he has extensive experience with the taxation of partnerships and limited liability companies engaged in investment and real estate activities. Learn more about Mr. Caporizzo’s practice and how he can support your startup on WilmerHaleLaunch.com.
Mr. Caporizzo has presented at seminars on taxation for the NASDAQ, National Association of Stock Plan Professionals, and Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Program. He is a member of the Tax Sections of the American and Massachusetts Bar Associations and the Boston Bar Association.
Memberships
Bar Admissions:
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Other Organizations:
American Bar Association
Boston Bar Association
Massachusetts Bar Association
Education
Boston University School of Law , J.D. (1985)
University of Pennsylvania , B.S. (1982)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Certified public accountant William Caporizzo co-heads the tax practice at WilmerHale, which counsels public and private companies on the tax implications of acquisitions, dispositions, and international restructurings. The team advises a strong mix of emerging and established entities, particularly those in the life sciences and tech sectors, as well as tax-exempt organizations, such as universities, museums, private foundations and charities. Julie Hogan Rodgers‘ sector-specific expertise further spans financial services, energy, and manufacturing. Matthew Schnall‘s wide-ranging knowledge encompasses partnership taxation and SALT issues, while Palo Alto-based Fred Adam handles fund formations, investment transactions, and financings. Clients also highly praise counsel Meghan Walsh. All named individuals are based in Boston unless noted otherwise.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Industry focus > Education
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Government > Government relations
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Environment > Environment: litigation