Chris Haunschild

Chris Haunschild is an international tax attorney with thirty years of experience representing U.S. and foreign corporations in their mergers and acquisitions and global tax planning. He advises on the technical and strategic implications of complex transactions, so clients can achieve their business objectives in the most efficient manner. Chris Haunschild focuses on identifying strategies that, while tax beneficial, have an appropriate risk profile and advance the company’s key business objectives.  He advises on reverse triangular mergers, double dummy cross-border structuring, Up-C structures, and other Sub C issues. His international tax practice includes outbound tax planning for U.S. companies, as well as inbound tax structuring for non-U.S. companies.

He has advised companies in an array of industries on the implications of domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, reorganizations, financing transactions, securities offerings, and joint ventures with an aggregate value of more than $100 billion. Chris Haunschild helps emerging companies achieve liquidity by advising on various transactional alternatives – including strategic debt arrangements, private placements, IPOs, De-SPAC transactions, and reverse mergers – and works to identify the optimal solutions for each company.

Although clients initially seek out Chris Haunschild for technical advice and transactional leadership, he quickly becomes their trusted advisor on a broad range of legal and strategic subjects because clients know he believes in their vision and is committed to making it a reality. He distills complex concepts and overlapping considerations into clearly understandable inflection points, so his clients can make the right decisions for their companies. Chris Haunschild is a passionate advocate on behalf of his clients and works to ensure they have the resources they need to succeed.

Chris Haunschild has written and spoken extensively on tax strategies and transactional considerations.