South Carolina Super Lawyers included 26 Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd lawyers in its 2010 issue

Corporate Tax

Our corporate tax group regularly advises corporations on federal, state and local income and property tax matters arising during incorporation, on-going operations, reorganizations, or dissolution.  As our corporate clients prosper, Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd assists shareholders, directors, and officers implement creative, tax-efficient strategies for expansion, benefit packages, ownership succession, reorganizations, and mergers and acquisitions.

RECENT MATTERS

  • As general counsel to several regional, nation, and international corporations, Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd regularly provides on-going advice to generate greater operational tax efficiencies.
  • Regularly negotiate the purchase or sale of substantially all or the assets or stock of corporations.
  • Regularly represent companies in the establishment of Employee Stock Ownership Plans (“ESOPs”), transfer of the company to the ESOP, and subsequent sale of the ESOP to a third party.
  • Plan and execute tax-efficient reorganizations of corporations under IRC section 368.
  • Assist nonprofit corporations to obtain tax exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service.
  • Counsel clients on the benefits of incorporation under Subchapter S versus Subchapter C of the Internal Revenue Code.
  • Structure sophisticated compensation arrangements for compliance with ERISA and the recently-enacted nonqualified deferred compensation regulations under IRC section 409A.
  • Regularly advise and draft stock option plans, phantom or shadow stock plans, restricted units, performance units, stock warrants, and golden parachute arrangements.

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