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    Tax Services including Arbitrage

    With an administrative, regulatory and legislative practice unmatched by any other law firm, our team develops creative solutions while helping to steer clear of the obstacles.

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    We advise on tax compliance and other issues that arise after a transaction closes. We set up compliance procedures, and address non-compliance situations, such as analyzing and implementing remedial actions following a change in use. We also obtain IRS closing agreements under the voluntary closing agreement program, and review management contracts and other agreements to determine if they result in any private business use.

    Our five tax attorneys, who function exclusively as “Section 103” lawyers, wrote many of the industry rules and regulations while previously working for both the IRS and Treasury. We leverage this insight to give our clients an advantage when it comes to compliance and issue resolution.

    Having obtained numerous favorable private letter rulings from the IRS, our group successfully represents associations, as well as individual issuer clients, helping in situations where current law and regulations are problematic.

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    • Nixon Peabody has been named a Tier 1 National firm for Public Finance Law and Tax Law in the 2025 edition of Best Law Firms®.
    • The Legal 500 United States 2024 editorial—ranked for Project finance - Infrastructure and PPP
    • Ranked in Chambers USA for Public Finance—Nationwide and also in California, District of Columbia, Illinois, New York.
    • Nixon Peabody was named by U.S. News/Best Lawyers® 2021 as “Law Firm of the Year” in Public Finance Law.
    • Consistently ranked Top 10 in bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, disclosure counsel, special tax counsel, and green bond counsel by Thomson Reuters.

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    • Bruce M. Serchuk

      Partner
      • Washington DC
      • Office:+1 202.585.8267
      • bserchuk@nixonpeabody.com
      Bruce M. Serchuk
    • Mitchell Rapaport

      Partner
      • Washington DC
      • Office:+1 202.585.8305
        Mobile:+1 202.288.4005
      • mrapaport@nixonpeabody.com
      Mitchell Rapaport
    • John W. Hutchinson

      Partner
      • New York City
      • Office:+1 212.940.3141
        Mobile:+1 850.572.0869
      • jhutchinson@nixonpeabody.com
      John W. Hutchinson
    • Joel Swearingen

      Partner
      • Los Angeles
      • Office:+1 213.629.6115
      • jswearingen@nixonpeabody.com
      Joel Swearingen
    • Travis Gibbs

      Senior Counsel
      • San Francisco
      • Office:+1 415.984.8336
      • tgibbs@nixonpeabody.com
      Travis Gibbs
    • Andrew P. Rubin

      Partner
      • Washington DC
      • Office:+1 202.585.8622
      • arubin@nixonpeabody.com
      Andrew P. Rubin
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