Travis Blais
Travis is the Managing Partner of Blais Halpert Tax Partners LLP. He structures, negotiates, and drafts for tax matters in high-value business transactions, including mergers & acquisitions, cross-border investment structuring, the formation of private equity and venture capital funds and other pooled investment vehicles, and executive compensation plans.
David Halpert
David is among Boston’s most experienced tax lawyers and has led tax planning for hundreds of transactions having values between $10 million and $500 million. For over 35 years, he was a tax partner at Mintz Levin, where he advised on mergers and acquisitions, partnership and joint venture structures, private equity investments, finance, executive compensation, and insolvency proceedings.
Michael Lieberman
Mike has practiced tax law for over 40 years in Boston and New York City, including over 20 years as the Chair of the Tax Section at Mintz Levin. He has advised on many hundreds of significant M&A transactions and initial public offerings for public and private companies, private equity and venture capital funds, and management teams. In the real estate area, he works with developers and investors in acquisitions and sales, sale-leasebacks, like-kind exchanges, cross-border investment, and special real estate tax incentives.
Benjamin Damsky
Ben’s practice focuses on the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions. He regularly represents growth companies, along with their founders and investors, throughout their life cycle from formation to exit. Ben is equally active on the buy-side, regularly assisting his middle market private equity clients and other institutional investors and their portfolio companies in acquisitions and dispositions. He has deep experience drafting and negotiating the technical provisions of transaction agreements opposite the country’s largest and best-known law firms. As lead tax counsel on dozens of M&A transactions annually, both buyers and sellers come to Ben to provide creative and uncompromising tax support on their most important and high-stakes transactions.
Deirdre Harrington
Deirdre supports clients on a variety of domestic and cross-border corporate, partnership, and private equity tax issues, including with respect to mergers and acquisitions, CFC and PFIC considerations, tax treaty eligibility, and withholding obligations. Prior to joining Blais Halpert, Deirdre worked in New York City as a tax associate at Norton Rose Fulbright.
Matthew Woodbury
Matt’s practice focuses on the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, venture capital investments, cross-border/international tax, and exempt organizations. He regularly drafts complex tax provisions for high-stakes transactions, advises clients on the U.S. tax consequences of domestic and international investments, deferred compensation arrangements, and novel tax issues. He assists clients both buy- and sell-side in acquisitions involving technology, life sciences, financial services, software, manufacturing, cryptocurrency, energy, and retail.
Jessica Billeter
Jessica supports clients on a variety of domestic and cross-border tax matters involving mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital funds, restructuring, tax withholding obligations, state tax clearance, and qualified small business stock.