Michael A. Bloom
Partner
As a transactional tax attorney, Michael works on matters ranging from sales of family-owned businesses to complex cross-border mergers and acquisitions involving publicly traded corporations. As a tax controversy attorney, he has represented both individual clients in small audit matters and publicly traded corporate clients in tax disputes with amounts at issue in excess of $100 million. Michael has significant experience representing REITs in matters before federal and state taxing authorities.
Related Practices
Related Industries
Experience
Experience
Representative Matters
- Represented the sponsor of a large New York hedge fund on tax issues related to restructuring the management company and winding down offshore and onshore feeder funds
- Assisted a UK investment company that specializes in media, infrastructure, and real estate, with U.S. withholding tax issues, on numerous film financing transactions
- Represented a joint venture between a U.S. infrastructure fund and an Australian pension fund involving the sale of their joint interest in a liquefied natural gas facility to a global private-equity firm, for gross proceeds valued at more than $1.1 billion
- Assisted a publicly traded U.S. pharmaceutical company with IP tax migration and tax planning
- Provided tax counsel to a television producer concerning financing of a joint venture with a major television network
- Represented sponsors in tax planning for a Mexican debt fund
- Represented a branded games developer and publisher, and its casual online gaming site, in an acquisition by a sweepstakes giant
- Provided tax advice to a leading multi-channel direct marketer concerning the acquisition of a Portland, Maine-based company that specializes in mobile lead generation, media buying, and analytics
- Represented a hotel REIT in an IRS audit of intercompany transfer prices
- Represented numerous celebrities in U.S. federal and state residency tax planning
Insights
Insights
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- J.D. University of Pennsylvania Law School 2007
- Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, 2007 Certificate in Business and Public Policy
- B.A. with honors University of Michigan 2004
Bar Admissions
- New York 2008
- District of Columbia 2009
Recognition
Recognition
- The Best Lawyers in America, Tax Law, 2023