Matthew Schnall > WilmerHale > Boston, United States > Lawyer Profile
WilmerHale Offices
60 STATE STREET
BOSTON, MA 02109
MASSACHUSETTS
United States
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Matthew Schnall
Work Department
Appellate and Supreme Court Litigation; Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring; Bankruptcy Litigation, Regulation and Policy; Transactions; Government and Regulatory Litigation; Investment Management; Litigation; Private Equity; Tax; Trials
Position
Partner
Career
Matthew Schnall is a versatile tax lawyer who has more than 25 years of experience representing clients in complex tax matters, including tax controversies, transactional planning, administrative rulings and tax regulatory compliance. He has extensive experience with corporate and partnership tax issues, international taxation, state and local taxation, investment management, real estate, and reporting and withholding.
Mr. Schnall’s transactional work includes tax advice on corporate mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs and split-offs, equity and debt financings and lending transactions, real estate investments and developments, registered and private investment funds, and business liquidations, restructurings, and workouts. He handles controversies involving federal income, employment and estate taxes, retirement plans, and state income, corporate, sales and use, and property taxes, as well as constitutional issues.
Mr. Schnall has represented clients in tax litigation before the United States Tax Court, the United States Court of Federal Claims, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal and First Circuits, the United States Supreme Court, and the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He also practices before various state trial and appellate tribunals, including an extensive practice at the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board.
Professional Activities
Mr. Schnall is an Adjunct Professor in the Boston University Law School Graduate Tax Program and speaks frequently on topics about federal, state and international taxation.
Mr. Schnall is a member of the Boston Tax Forum; the American College of Tax Counsel; the Tax Sections of the American Bar Association and the Federal Bar Association; the International Fiscal Association; the Tax Section and the State Tax Committee of the Boston Bar Association; the Federal Circuit Bar Association; and the Tax Section of the Massachusetts Bar Association.
Memberships
Bar Admissions:
Massachusetts
Other Organizations:
American Bar Association
Boston Bar Association
Massachusetts Bar Association
Education
Harvard Law School , J.D. (1993)
Harvard University , A.B. (1990)
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