Midlevel Federal Tax Associate

About Stoel Rives

Stoel Rives is a leading U.S. corporate and litigation law firm providing sophisticated business clients with high-quality legal services. We are nationally recognized for our work in energy and natural resources and have significant practices in corporate and M&A, finance, real estate, environmental and natural resources, technology, labor and employment, and litigation.

Our lawyers work collaboratively across practices and offices to understand our clients’ businesses and provide practical, business-driven solutions to complex legal challenges. At Stoel Rives, our people and their varied experiences, perspectives, and talents are among our greatest strengths. We are committed to an environment where lawyers and professional staff can collaborate, develop, and thrive.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a midlevel associate with approximately 4–6 years of experience to join our Federal Tax practice in our Portland office.

Our tax lawyers advise clients on the tax implications of complex business transactions, including choice-of-entity matters, mergers and acquisitions, financings, joint ventures, equity compensation, and other strategic transactions. The group works closely with attorneys across the Firm, particularly those in our corporate, energy, real estate, and other business practices, to structure transactions that achieve clients’ business objectives while minimizing tax costs and maximizing available tax benefits.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with public and private companies, partnerships, investors, developers, financial institutions, and other sophisticated clients across industries that include energy and renewable energy, agribusiness, technology, health care, manufacturing, natural resources, transportation, and real estate.

This position offers significant opportunities for substantive responsibility, direct client interaction, professional development, and collaboration with lawyers across the Firm.

Areas of Responsibility

• Advise clients on the U.S. federal income tax consequences of complex business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, reorganizations, joint ventures, financings, restructurings, and other strategic transactions.
• Counsel corporations, partnerships, LLCs, investors, developers, and other business entities on federal income tax planning, structuring, and related transactional matters.
• Work collaboratively with the Firm’s corporate, M&A, energy, project finance, real estate, and other transactional lawyers to develop practical and tax-efficient transaction structures.
• Advise clients on tax issues arising in energy and renewable energy projects and transactions, including tax credit qualification and tax-advantaged financing structures, as experience permits.
• Draft, review, and negotiate tax provisions in purchase agreements, merger agreements, partnership and LLC agreements, financing documents, and other transaction documents.
• Conduct federal tax research, prepare substantive written analyses, and assist with tax due diligence in connection with acquisitions, investments, financings, and other transactions.
• Monitor and advise clients regarding developments in federal tax legislation, Treasury regulations, IRS guidance, and other tax authorities.
• Participate directly in client matters and assume increasing responsibility for counseling clients and managing the tax aspects of transactions.

Experience Required or Preferred

• Approximately 4–6 years of substantive U.S. federal income tax experience, preferably gained at an AmLaw 200 law firm, tax boutique firm, or the equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of federal income tax principles applicable to businesses and transactions, along with the ability to analyze complex tax issues and provide practical advice.
• Excellent analytical, research, drafting, communication, and organizational skills, as well as a collaborative approach to client service.
• A J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school and admission to, or eligibility for admission to, the Oregon state bar.
• Experience with Subchapter C and Subchapter K, including the taxation of corporations, partnerships, and LLCs; with M&A, joint ventures, restructurings, financings, real estate, or other sophisticated business transactions; and/or with energy, renewable energy, project finance, or federal energy tax credit matters are preferred.
• An LL.M. in Taxation, advanced tax coursework, or other significant advanced federal tax training is also preferred.

What We Value

We are looking for an associate who combines strong technical skills with sound judgment, intellectual curiosity, and a practical approach to client service. Successful lawyers at Stoel Rives work collaboratively, communicate effectively, take ownership of their matters, and seek to understand both the legal issues and the business objectives behind them.

The Firm supports lawyers’ long-term professional development through meaningful work opportunities, mentoring and coaching, professional development programs, and a competency model designed to provide a roadmap for continued growth throughout an attorney’s career.