Business clients face a complex legal landscape—from forming new companies, mitigating risk, to executing sophisticated capital transactions. Williams Kastner’s Business Transactions/Tax/Securities team provides efficient, tailored counsel to help clients achieve their strategic objectives. We take a multidisciplinary approach that integrates corporate, tax, financing, securities, governance, and regulatory experience within a single, coordinated team.
Our attorneys advise clients across capital markets and corporate law matters, delivering cost-effective, high-impact solutions. We bring extensive experience in board-level governance, SEC compliance, and tax-sensitive transactions, representing clients in both the public and private sectors in routine matters and high-stakes, complex deals. Our Team’s Expertise:
Corporate & Transactional Counsel
We guide clients through corporate structuring and governance, operating agreements, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and strategic alliances. Our attorneys handle both taxable and nontaxable transactions and represent buyers and sellers across industries, including aircraft, bank, and insurance company transactions.
Capital Markets & Securities
We represent issuers and investors in public and private debt and equity offerings, venture financings, private placements, syndications, and public offerings. Our team advises on SEC filings, disclosure obligations, and compliance with evolving securities laws and governance standards, helping clients raise capital efficiently and remain compliant.
Multidisciplinary Tax Planning & Strategy
Our tax attorneys combine corporate, real estate, international, antitrust, employee benefits, and litigation experience to advise on business formation, capital structure, reorganizations, liquidations, estate planning, and federal and state tax matters. We also counsel clients on industry-specific tax and regulatory regimes, including those governing aircraft, banks, insurance companies, and insurance holding systems.
Aviation & Aircraft Transactions
We advise individual, family office, and business clients on aircraft acquisitions, sales, financing, and operations, integrating aviation regulatory, tax, and securities considerations into broader corporate strategies. Our team assists with FAA and DOT compliance, tax-efficient ownership and use, SEC-reporting obligations for public companies, and risk management—delivering practical, cost-effective solutions for private and corporate aircraft operations.
Regulatory & Compliance Guidance
We help clients navigate regulatory requirements and tax matters before federal and state authorities, integrating legal compliance with business strategy and tax planning to achieve practical, sustainable outcomes.