Kaplin S. Jones - Lawyer in Grand Rapids, MI

Kaplin concentrates his corporate practice on advising clients regarding choice of entity and transactional tax planning, structuring tax-free reorganizations and like-kind property exchanges, setting up and advising tax-exempt and nonprofit corporations, handling IRS audits and appeals hearings, commencing and settling tax litigation, formulating and drafting tax opinions, and preparing IRS ruling requests. Kaplin negotiates and structures the following types of transactions: asset and property acquisitions, stock purchases and sales, cash mergers, spin-offs, and tax-free reorganizations, leveraged buyouts and stock redemptions.

He has formed hundreds of limited liability companies, partnerships, and joint ventures, structured mergers and conversions of such entities, and advised regarding tax planning, buyout provisions, option arrangements, shareholder agreements, and management and split-up issues. He consults regarding nonqualified compensation planning, drafts nonqualified and incentive stock options, develops and drafts plans involving stock appreciation rights, phantom stock, and unrestricted stock, analyzes «golden parachute» problems, prepares employment agreements and bonus formulas, and consults regarding rabbi trusts, key man insurance and other nonqualified benefits.