Dorsey & Whitney operates a pre-eminent contentious direct and indirect tax practice. We act for more than 300 major multinationals, as well as U.S. Indian tribes, businesses and individuals in cases ranging from U.K. and U.S. tax controversies to local tax agency disputes, VAT matters and the application of European Union community law to E.U. member-state domestic tax laws. Dorsey tax attorneys achieve optimal results for clients by adopting a tax-efficient and team-oriented approach to meeting complex commercial challenges with innovative solutions.
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Dorsey & Whitney operates a pre-eminent contentious direct and indirect tax practice. We act for more than 300 major multinationals, as well as U.S. Indian tribes, businesses and individuals in cases ranging from U.K. and U.S. tax controversies to local tax agency disputes, VAT matters and the application of European Union community law to E.U. member-state domestic tax laws. Dorsey tax attorneys achieve optimal results for clients by adopting a tax-efficient and team-oriented approach to meeting complex commercial challenges with innovative solutions.
U.K. Tax
The Legal 500 directory describes the Dorsey U.K. Tax practice as “arguably the best contentious tax capability in the City” with “a blossoming VAT practice” which is “praised by clients for its responsiveness”. It currently acts as lead solicitor in virtually every Group Litigation Order (GLO) presently in English and European Courts, and has been instructed in a wide variety of landmark cases throughout the United Kingdom. The team was recognized as “European Tax Firm of the Year” in 2007 by The International Tax Review for providing “the most innovative tax transactional, structuring, litigation and transfer pricing work done in Europe,” and won the Legal Business “Tax Team of the Year” award in 2006 for its successful conduct of the Marks & Spencer v. Halsey case.
The practice acts for many of the U.K.’s major blue chip companies in both direct and indirect tax matters. Dorsey tax lawyers also maintain close contact with the firm’s Corporate and Securities teams, for purposes of reviewing transactions or devising strategies and solutions for: cross-border transactions, mergers and acquisitions, de-mergers, corporate restructurings and reorganizations, corporate finance, management buy-outs and buy-ins, venture capital, offshore fund structures, inward and outward investment, transfer pricing, double tax issues and employee issues.
U.S. Tax
The Dorsey U.S. Tax Litigation practice works closely with Dorsey tax lawyers in a variety of contested matters, including IRS and state tax agency administrative appeals, tax court litigation, tax refund actions in federal court and challenges to tax legislation. Dorsey attorneys also have extensive experience representing Indian tribes, tribal entities, tribal members, and entities doing business with tribes in all types of federal, state and tribal tax matters. This includes counsel on: tax exemptions, business investment tax planning, tax controversies, legislative and administrative lobbying on tax policy matters, as well as compliance with federal and state employment tax law, income taxes, property taxes, sales and use taxes, and other excise and transaction taxes.