Norton Rose Fulbright frequently handles cross-border contentious tax matters, as well as a range of high-value domestic work, not least because of its strong ties with global players in the energy sector. As well as handling, multi-jurisdictional competent authority disputes, audits, IRS appeals, summons enforcement, and SALT disputes, the firm is also involved in transfer pricing matters, and cases involving foreign tax credits. Robert Morris in Houston and William Cavanagh in New York lead the firm’s US tax practice. The main locus of the tax controversy team is in Houston, where the firm’s most senior tax practitioner Charles Hall and controversy specialist Jasper Taylor both have extensive experience in complex court cases, and Stephen Kuntz focuses on matters transactions involving corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies.
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Key clients

  • Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.
  • Noble Drilling
  • HP Inc.
  • Bluescape Resources Company
  • Adams Challenge
  • Dentsply Sirona
  • Transocean Offshore Drilling
  • Polycom Inc.
  • Bridgestone
  • Valaris Limited

Lawyers

Practice head

Robert Morris; William Cavanagh

Other key lawyers

Charles Hall; Jasper Taylor; Stephen Kuntz