Bio

As part of his sophisticated tax practice, Henrik Haeckel advises clients on the tax implications of a broad range of corporate and partnership transactions. He routinely assists with tax structuring and analysis of private equity acquisitions and exits. Leveraging 17 years of cross-border transactional experience, Henrik also counsels foreign businesses on U.S. tax issues and reporting obligations, and U.S. businesses on U.S. tax considerations related to their foreign activities. Henrik advised clients on numerous transactions from sell side and buy side perspective focusing on potential tax exposures related to transaction and the seller or buyer. Among the issues Henrik advised clients on are the implications of earn-outs (installment sale tax treatment and imputed interest charges) and accounting method changes (acceleration of recognition income). In addition, Henrik drafts tax sections of partnership agreements with a focus on clarity and administrability of the provisions. To this end, Henrik works through client waterfalls and models to capture the economics in the agreements. On the international side, Henrik advised clients with respect to foreign tax filings in particular focusing on issues related to Form 3520 and Form 3520-A filings and attendant IRS tax controversy. Henrik is adept at deconstructing complex tax issues for clients to enable them to make informed decisions. In addition to understanding the tax issues involved in transactions, Henrik also understands the tax issues involved in operations. As a result, he provides his clients with comprehensive U.S. tax advice. Prior to joining Hirschler, Henrik practiced at Flott & Co., P.C. in Arlington, Virginia. During a hiatus from law firms, he worked as a mergers and acquisition senior tax manager at EY and as an international tax manager at KPMG. During his legal career, Henrik has worked at large and mid-size law firms in Chicago, Washington and Denver.