Kevin T. Pearson - Lawyer in Portland, OR

Kevin is a partner of Stoel Rives and the chair of the firms Executive Committee. His practice focuses principally on federal income tax law, including both transactional matters and tax controversy matters. As part of his transactional practice, Kevin regularly advises clients regarding all aspects of corporate taxation, including taxable and tax-free mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity offerings and other corporate finance transactions, consolidated return issues, and general corporate tax issues. He also regularly represents clients with respect to partnership, S corporation and limited liability company transactions and tax issues, as well as choice-of-entity issues, tax accounting issues, and general tax planning issues.

Kevin frequently represents clients in renewable energy financing transactions, particularly those involving the federal production and investment tax credits. In addition, Kevin advises both taxable and tax-exempt health care clients with respect to all types of tax, business and financial matters. As part of his tax controversy practice, Kevin regularly represents taxpayers in IRS audits and administrative appeals, deficiency litigation in the U.S. Tax Court, and refund litigation in U.S. District Courts and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.