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Experience:
Richard Leavy is a respected tax attorney and business adviser. Prior to joining Mayer Brown in 2007, Richard was an equity partner at another prominent international law firm (1998-2007). During the 1995-1996 term, he served as judicial intern to The Honorable Leonard I. Garth, US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. His practice includes all areas of state and local taxation, concentrating on the following areas:
Transactional analysis and planning: Review, restructure, and implement proposed transactions for state tax efficiency.
Structural planning: Evaluate historic and anticipated business operations, review legacy tax planning initiatives, analyze multi-state tax filing profiles, use and location of credit facilities, and corporate structures and the creation of tax-efficient strategies.
Tax controversies: Represent clients engaged in a broad variety of tax-related controversies involving taxpayer interests under audit, before administrative review panels in formal and informal hearings, and before tax courts and courts of general jurisdiction.
Richard's industry emphasis includes the continuing representation of:
Investment banks in connection with securities and commodities transactions; utility ownership and investment; principal investment in portfolio companies and investment partnerships; contractual relations with counterparties, vendors and clients; business and asset acquisitions; leveraged leasing transactions; and broker-dealer operations
Real estate owners and developers in planning property acquisition, ownership, syndication, development, recapitalization, and disposition
Investment funds in all stages of planning, formation and operation
Mass market on-line, mail order, and bricks-and-mortar retailers in connection with their day-to-day compliance and operations
Prospective recipients of state and local tax and economic development incentives.
Education:
New York University School of Law, LLM, 1997, Rutgers School of Law, Rutgers University, JD, 1996, Rutgers College, Rutgers University, BA, 1992. | 