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Matt DePerno provides federal and state tax advice on a variety of complex transactions and financing techniques, as well as thoughtful and experienced representation in significant federal and state tax controversies. Mr. DePerno offers federal, state and international tax services in a wide range of areas, including mergers and acquisitions, spinoffs, financial transactions, securitization and structured finance, derivatives, private equity funds, hedge funds, joint ventures, mortgage and asset-backed securities, reorganizations, real estate investment trusts and regulated investment companies, cross-border transactions, affordable housing, tax controversies, tax planning, legislative and regulatory developments, state and local income tax, sales and property taxes and unclaimed property.
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General Counsel
Mr. DePerno frequently functions as general counsel. He provides businesses and the individuals who own or manage them with sophisticated, practical advice on the business and legal problems they face.
Company Formation
When a company is formed, the choice of entity – "C" or "S" corporation, limited liability company, limited or general partnership or professional corporation – has serious consequences. Other important considerations include the state in which the business is organized, legal and capital structuring, and negotiation of ownership. Mr. DePerno's objective is to facilitate maximum return with minimum tax cost, while ensuring the ability to raise capital and establish effective management.
Purchase or Sale of Business
When buying or selling a business, Mr. DePerno is able to structure and negotiate transactions of all types, including asset sales, equity sales, mergers and acquisitions, tax-free reorganizations, leveraged buyouts and spin-offs.
Business Ownership
Our services relate directly to ownership issues that often arise during the life of a business. These include structuring and negotiating loans for ownership succession, infusions of capital and handling disputes between owners. For liquidation and dissolutions, we work with business owners to realize the best possible outcome for them personally and from a tax perspective.
Tax-Related Issues
Mr. DePerno actively advises clients on all aspects of federal and state income, sales and use, real estate and employment taxes. This includes tax issues of international operations, Michigan taxation of every type and the state and foreign tax challenges posed by multistate and multinational business operations.
Tax Disputes
Matt DePerno regularly handles tax disputes with the IRS and state and local taxing authorities. He aggressively represents a wide range of clients at all levels of tax controversies - including audits, administrative appeals, conferences and hearings, criminal tax investigations, and tax litigation in state and federal courts.
Business Organization & Tax Planning Services
• General Legal Counsel to Businesses and the Individuals Who Own and Manage Them
• Coordination of Personal, Estate and Corporate Planning Matters
• Representation of Businesses and Individuals in Tax Audits, Tax Abatement Procedures and Tax Litigation in both State and Federal Courts
• Sales and Disposition of Businesses
• Spin-offs
• Liquidations
• Dissolutions
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Drafting and Implementing Agreements
• Shareholder Control Agreements
• Voting Agreements
• Buy-Sell Agreements
• Debt and Equity Financing of Businesses
• Formation and Financing of Real Estate Ventures
• Leveraged Buyouts
• Multistate Taxation Issues
• U.S. and Foreign Taxation of International Investment and Business Transactions
• Advice in Shareholder and Partner Disputes
• Succession Planning
• Transfers of Interests in Family Businesses
• Workouts and Restructuring
• Tax Free Reorganizations
• Recapitalizations
• US and Foreign Treaty Review and Analysis
Mergers and Acquisitions
Matt DePerno's Mergers and Acquisitions Practice handles complex domestic and international transactions for a wide range of clients, including publicly and privately held companies, financial institutions, and private equity and investment funds and their portfolio companies. It is important to understand the clients' business needs and work with them to create value at every stage of the deal, from the initial bidding or negotiation process through closing. Matt DePerno provides clients with thoughtful, pragmatic advice in solving issues that arise in a transaction, including with respect to due diligence, transaction structuring and planning, equity and debt financing, strategy and implementation, transition and integration issues, governance and public disclosure considerations, and negotiating and drafting transaction documents.
Entity Formation
Even the most modest business venture will benefit from seeking legal advice at startup. The decision about whether to incorporate, form an LLC, act as a sole proprietor or form some other entity, will deeply affect many aspects of the business's future throughout its life. Proper structuring can result in significant tax savings, more harmonious interaction between business owners, protection of the owners' private assets, and a smoother exit strategy, to name just a few benefits. Restructuring later in the company's life can sometimes also correct problems with minimal complications.
Contracts and Disputes
At the heart of every business transaction, from selling a corporation to buying a latte, there is a contract, whether written or unwritten, whether spelled out or implied. If your business is active, from time to time, you will have a disagreement with a customer or vendor, whether about warranties, about what payment is due, or about whether there was a deal at all. It's reassuring to have reliable legal counsel to turn to when the problem cannot be resolved by the parties and too much is at stake to write off. An effective attorney can also sometimes help you develop strategies to prevent some of these disputes from arising.
Business Consulting
In addition to our legal services, we also offer our Business and Corporate clients the services of consulting in the following areas: Strategic Business Planning; Banking and Finance; Real Estate Structure, Management; Business Ethics; and, Business and Marketing Plan Development.
Mr. DePerno frequently functions as general counsel. He provides businesses and the individuals who own or manage them with sophisticated, practical advice on the business and legal problems they face.
Company Formation
When a company is formed, the choice of entity – "C" or "S" corporation, limited liability company, limited or general partnership or professional corporation – has serious consequences. Other important considerations include the state in which the business is organized, legal and capital structuring, and negotiation of ownership. Mr. DePerno's objective is to facilitate maximum return with minimum tax cost, while ensuring the ability to raise capital and establish effective management.
Purchase or Sale of Business
When buying or selling a business, Mr. DePerno is able to structure and negotiate transactions of all types, including asset sales, equity sales, mergers and acquisitions, tax-free reorganizations, leveraged buyouts and spin-offs.
Business Ownership
Our services relate directly to ownership issues that often arise during the life of a business. These include structuring and negotiating loans for ownership succession, infusions of capital and handling disputes between owners. For liquidation and dissolutions, we work with business owners to realize the best possible outcome for them personally and from a tax perspective.
Tax-Related Issues
Mr. DePerno actively advises clients on all aspects of federal and state income, sales and use, real estate and employment taxes. This includes tax issues of international operations, Michigan taxation of every type and the state and foreign tax challenges posed by multistate and multinational business operations.
Tax Disputes
Matt DePerno regularly handles tax disputes with the IRS and state and local taxing authorities. He aggressively represents a wide range of clients at all levels of tax controversies - including audits, administrative appeals, conferences and hearings, criminal tax investigations, and tax litigation in state and federal courts.
Business Organization & Tax Planning Services
• General Legal Counsel to Businesses and the Individuals Who Own and Manage Them
• Coordination of Personal, Estate and Corporate Planning Matters
• Representation of Businesses and Individuals in Tax Audits, Tax Abatement Procedures and Tax Litigation in both State and Federal Courts
• Sales and Disposition of Businesses
• Spin-offs
• Liquidations
• Dissolutions
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Drafting and Implementing Agreements
• Shareholder Control Agreements
• Voting Agreements
• Buy-Sell Agreements
• Debt and Equity Financing of Businesses
• Formation and Financing of Real Estate Ventures
• Leveraged Buyouts
• Multistate Taxation Issues
• U.S. and Foreign Taxation of International Investment and Business Transactions
• Advice in Shareholder and Partner Disputes
• Succession Planning
• Transfers of Interests in Family Businesses
• Workouts and Restructuring
• Tax Free Reorganizations
• Recapitalizations
• US and Foreign Treaty Review and Analysis
Mergers and Acquisitions
Matt DePerno's Mergers and Acquisitions Practice handles complex domestic and international transactions for a wide range of clients, including publicly and privately held companies, financial institutions, and private equity and investment funds and their portfolio companies. It is important to understand the clients' business needs and work with them to create value at every stage of the deal, from the initial bidding or negotiation process through closing. Matt DePerno provides clients with thoughtful, pragmatic advice in solving issues that arise in a transaction, including with respect to due diligence, transaction structuring and planning, equity and debt financing, strategy and implementation, transition and integration issues, governance and public disclosure considerations, and negotiating and drafting transaction documents.
Entity Formation
Even the most modest business venture will benefit from seeking legal advice at startup. The decision about whether to incorporate, form an LLC, act as a sole proprietor or form some other entity, will deeply affect many aspects of the business's future throughout its life. Proper structuring can result in significant tax savings, more harmonious interaction between business owners, protection of the owners' private assets, and a smoother exit strategy, to name just a few benefits. Restructuring later in the company's life can sometimes also correct problems with minimal complications.
Contracts and Disputes
At the heart of every business transaction, from selling a corporation to buying a latte, there is a contract, whether written or unwritten, whether spelled out or implied. If your business is active, from time to time, you will have a disagreement with a customer or vendor, whether about warranties, about what payment is due, or about whether there was a deal at all. It's reassuring to have reliable legal counsel to turn to when the problem cannot be resolved by the parties and too much is at stake to write off. An effective attorney can also sometimes help you develop strategies to prevent some of these disputes from arising.
Business Consulting
In addition to our legal services, we also offer our Business and Corporate clients the services of consulting in the following areas: Strategic Business Planning; Banking and Finance; Real Estate Structure, Management; Business Ethics; and, Business and Marketing Plan Development.