Atty. Taylor Klavan
Taylor Klavan focuses her practice on tax issues relating to public finance. She provides guidance as tax counsel on virtually all types of tax-advantaged state and local debt, including governmental financings, financings for 501(c)(3) organizations, financings in the airport and transportation sector, affordable housing facilities financings, and financings for solid waste disposal facilities and sewage facilities for large utilities and industrial operations.
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Taylor Klavan is a Shareholder based in Houston, Texas, practicing at Greenberg Traurig, LLP. They have 11+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 2015. Their practice focuses on tax and government. Admitted to practice in Maryland (2015), District of Columbia (2016), and Texas (2022). Educated at American University Washington College of Law J.D. American University Washington College of Law M.B.A. (—) and University of Houston B.B.A. magna cum laude (—). Serands clients in Houston, TX and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Taylor Klavan focuses her practice on tax issues relating to public finance
- She provides guidance as tax counsel on virtually all types of tax-advantaged state and local debt, including governmental financings, financings for 501(c)(3) organizations, financings in the airport and transportation sector, affordable housing facilities financings, and financings for solid waste disposal facilities and sewage facilities for large utilities and industrial operations
- She collaborates with investment banker clients to develop innovative, tax-compliant strategies for structuring and marketing tax-exempt transactions, seeking to ensure that deals comply with the federal tax requirements while also helping stakeholders pursue their end-goals
- Taylor also has considerable experience with post-issuance compliance for tax-advantaged bonds, including private business use and private payment analyses, arbitrage issues in new money issuances, refunding and multipurpose bond issues, multipurpose issue allocations, and compliance with remedial action regulations
- She frequently interacts with the Internal Revenue Service on behalf of clients in voluntary closing agreement program requests, audits of tax-exempt finance transactions, and private letter ruling requests
- Concentrations •Complex project financings •Airport special financings •Stadium financings •Tax-exempt debt •501 (c)(3) organization financings •Hospital and health care financings •Senior living financings and restructurings •University and college financings •Charter school financings •Workforce and middle income housing financings •Multi-source financing for multi-family housing •Working capital financing •Use of swaps as hedges in public finance transactions Recognition & Leadership Awards & Accolades •Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, “Ones to Watch” •Public Finance Law, 2023-2025 •Tax Law, 2023-2025 •Real Estate & Infrastructure, 2022-2023 •Listed, The Texas Lawyer, “Rising Stars,” 2024 •Listed, The Bond Buyer, “Rising Stars,” 2023
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Tax attorneys handle IRS audits, tax debt, international tax, estate planning, and tax court litigation.
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Attorneys for administrative law, agency hearings, government contracts, licensing, and public benefits.
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Why local counsel matters in Texas
Practicing law in Texas. Legal matters in Texas are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Houston are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Texas state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Texas brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Texas courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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