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Thomas Halpern

Associate

Latham & Watkins LLP
Los Angeles, California, USA

Law Firm - International

Professional Summary

Extensive U.S. tax practice involving representation of a broad client base in a wide array of tax-exempt and transactional tax matters, along with knowledge management expertise within a large and sophisticated tax law practice. (1) Created Knowledge Management Lawyer position in large global firm's Tax Department, coordinating projects to organize and leverage the department's internal expertise to improve efficiency and better serve clients. (2) Advise public charity and private foundation clients on wide range of issues including nonprofit corporate governance, UBTI, intermediate sanctions, Form 990 reporting and disclosure items, tax-exempt financing, fundraising issues, acquisitions, restructurings and other transactions. (3) Advise corporate and partnership clients on, and negotiate tax aspects of, public and prive company mergers, stock and asset acquisitions and dispositions, and tax-free reorganizations, credit agreements, partnership and LLC agreeements, debt and equity offerings, and international tax issues such as inbound and outbound transfers of property, IP licensing, corporate inversions, PFIC and CFC issues.

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Languages

  • English

Industry Experience

    • Law Firm

Interests/Hobbies

  • Sports
  • Travel
  • Hiking and fitness

Birthday

February 4

Experience

Latham & Watkins LLP
Los Angeles, California, USA 90071
Associate
Law Firm - International
1999 - Present
Coordinate projects to organize and leverage internal expertise of large global law firm's Tax Department, to improve efficiency and better serve clients. Advise public charity and private foundation clients on wide range of issues including nonprofit corporate governance, UBTI, intermediate sanctions, Form 990 reporting and disclosure items, tax-exempt financing, fundraising issues, acquisitions, restructurings and other transactions. Advise corporate and partnership clients on, and negotiate tax aspects of, public and prive company mergers, stock and asset acquisitions and dispositions, and tax-free reorganizations, credit agreements, partnership and LLC agreeements, debt and equity offerings, and international tax issues such as inbound and outbound transfers of property, IP licensing, corporate inversions, PFIC and CFC issues.

Education

JD1999
Stanford University Law School
Palo Alto, California, United States
Stanford Law Review, Executive Editor.
Stanford Entertainment & Sports Law Association, Vice President.
AB, Social Studies
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Harvard College Scholarship.
Harvard-Radcliffe Undergraduate Council.
Harvard University Band.
Harvard Glee Club.
Dunster House Film Society.

Bar Admissions

California
Active
1999

Associations and Societies

  • Los Angeles County Bar Association - Tax Section, Exempt Organizations Committee
  • State Bar of California - Taxation Section
  • American Bar Association - Section of Taxation

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