The Hunton & Williams LLP Immigration practice, part of the firm's Labor and Employment Team, is concentrated in two major areas. First our work involves advising American and foreign businesses about obtaining the most appropriate temporary and permanent work visas for executives, professionals, and other skilled foreign workers. Careful planning and documentation are necessary to ensure the greatest chance of success. We also represent our clients in any negotiations or administrative...
Practice Expertise
- Corporate
- Energy
- Capital Markets and Securities
- Energy M&A
Areas of Practice
- Capital Markets and Securities
- Corporate
- Energy
- Energy M&A
- Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
- Energy M&A
- Energy Transition
- Hydrogen
- Initial Public Offerings
- Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)
- Master Limited Partnerships
- Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs)
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- MLP Lending and Finance
- Oil, Gas and LNG
- Pipeline
- Sustainability and Corporate Clean Power
- Tax View More
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Profile
Robert focuses his practice on federal income tax issues related to domestic business transaction planning, with an emphasis on energy deals. Robert represents clients in the development and financing of renewable energy projects and has significant experience advising partnerships, including publicly-traded partnerships (MLPs), on a wide variety of tax issues, including formation, qualification, and acquisition and recapitalization activities. Robert also handles the tax aspects of public and private offerings of debt and equity securities and has advised companies on numerous acquisitions, dispositions and joint ventures, including tax-free reorganizations and like-kind exchanges.
Bar Admissions
Education
JD, University of Houston Law Center, cum laude, 1997
MPA, Accounting, The University of Texas, 1989
BBA, Accounting, The University of Texas, 1989
Areas of Practice
- Capital Markets and Securities
- Corporate
- Energy
- Energy M&A
- Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
- Energy M&A
- Energy Transition
- Hydrogen
- Initial Public Offerings
- Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)
- Master Limited Partnerships
- Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs)
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- MLP Lending and Finance
- Oil, Gas and LNG
- Pipeline
- Sustainability and Corporate Clean Power
- Tax
Professional Career
Articles
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- Chief Counsel Memorandum Examines MLP IDR Resets
- AK Migration: IRS Releases Form 8942 for Qualified Therapeutic Discovery Projects
- AK Migration: Carried Interest Tax Provisions of the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010
- AK Migration: IRS Provides Guidance on Application Process for Qualified Therapeutic Discovery Project Investment Tax Credits or Cash Grants
- They’re Here… MLP Qualifying Income Regulations Have Finally Arrived
- Say Goodbye to Leveraged Partnership Transactions: New Federal Income Tax Regulations Address Disguised Sales and Allocations of Partnership Debt
- Well… MLP Qualifying Income Regulations Were Here…
- IRS Again Considering MLP Private Letter Rulings
- President Obama’s Proposal Regarding U.S. Federal Income Tax Deferral and Enforcement against Tax Havens
- Review of Tax Provisions in the Economic Stimulus Package
- Tax Provisions Contained in the President’s Budget for FY2010
- Midstream Energy REITs: A New Structure
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