Business/Corporate

Strategic Planning for Corporate Transactions

Vanguard Legal provides experienced tax planning services for businesses operating in Houston, Dallas, and across Texas. Our attorneys advise on the tax implications of mergers, acquisitions, asset divestitures, and corporate reorganizations. We offer tailored solutions for business formation, restructuring, dissolution, and the design of partnership and limited liability company frameworks.

Tax strategy plays a critical role in every stage of business and investment activity. Our legal team helps clients reduce exposure to state, federal, and international taxes by structuring transactions and planning operations with precision. We offer guidance in corporate, partnership, real estate, and international taxation, as well as estate planning for business owners and investors. Our goal is to integrate tax planning into every commercial transaction to support long-term financial success.

Our attorneys advise clients on international tax matters related to cross-border investments and global business expansion. We represent non-resident investors acquiring U.S. assets and assist U.S. companies entering foreign markets through joint ventures, direct operations, licensing agreements, and outsourcing arrangements.

We provide legal counsel on:

• Structuring inbound and outbound investments

• Minimizing global tax liabilities

• Evaluating tax treaty benefits

• Entity selection and jurisdiction analysis for global operations
• Reorganizing multinational corporate structures

• Identifying and implementing tax-planning strategies to minimize worldwide tax liabilities
• Analyzing and planning for the availability of tax treaty benefits
• Planning and structuring in-bound or out-bound investments
• Taxation of expatriate executives and business owners
• International estate planning for non-residents of the United States
• Analyzing choice of entity and domicile for companies entering new markets
• Overseeing and managing local country tax compliance and US tax reporting requirements
• Restructuring or reorganization of corporate ownership and multinational affiliated groups
• Management and implementation of international special projects
• Formation and execution of IC-DISC strategies

• International tax planning for in-bound and out-bound transactions and multinational corporations
• Taxation of taxable acquisitions, and tax-free mergers, split-offs, spin-offs and recapitalizations
• Tax planning for technology transactions, structuring IP ownership and utilization; planning for international licensing arrangements
• Equity compensation and employee incentive plans
• Choice of entity and business planning
• Planning for foreign investments in real property
• Taxation Planning for business succession and multi-generation transfers

Our attorneys also assist clients with procurement and supply chain legal matters, including engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts. We draft, review, and negotiate agreements while ensuring compliance with key regulations such as the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the U.K. Bribery Act. We help businesses establish contracting protocols, implement procurement processes, and conduct corporate training on compliance topics including GDPR and international anti-bribery laws.