Saul Brander is a special counsel in the Firm’s Tax Group, with a practice focusing on structured transactions, cross-border transactions, private equity transactions, structured finance transactions, ERISA-related matters, financial products and partnership tax. He is also responsible for reviewing the tax disclosures and other tax sections in securities offerings documents.
Mr. Brander has worked with a number of U.S. and non-U.S. clients, most of which have been banks and other financial institutions. He has helped clients deal with IRS challenges, and/or obtain settlements, in respect of tax-advantaged financial structures. Mr. Brander has also helped clients structure their transactions in a tax-efficient manner and determine the proper tax treatment of various novel situations. He has advised clients on their response to and compliance with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”) since its introduction in late 2009 and on compliance with Reporting Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (“FBAR”). Mr. Brander has also helped prepare submissions to the Internal Revenue Service on behalf of financial industry organizations, such as the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.
