Edward Wei is a tax lawyer with extensive experience in U.S. and international tax matters, including taxable and tax-free mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, tax-free spin-offs, leveraged buyouts, initial public offerings, formation of funds, real estate transactions, equity and debt financings, and restructurings.
Ed routinely provides tax planning advice for multinational companies within and outside the affiliated group context and advises on structuring partnership and limited liability company formations (including publicly traded partnerships), joint ventures and real estate funds. He also advises debtors and creditors in troubled companies, both within and outside of bankruptcy, and in structuring the tax aspects of financial instruments, derivatives and other capital market transactions. In addition, Ed has experience with various employee benefits and executive compensation issues arising in mergers and acquisitions.