Anna M. Pratt

Representative Experience

• Assisted in representing international manufacturing companies in formation and operations of U.S. based affiliates
• Advised clients on participating in COVID-19 related assistance programs, including SBA PPP loans and EIDL loans, as well as assisting clients with the practical considerations and tax consequences of the same
• Assisted closely held professional employer organization with evaluating offers for company divestiture. Represented client in negotiating, structuring, and documenting a stock sale and partial roll-over transaction
• Advised international manufacturing company on the most advantageous business structure for expansion into the U.S.
• Represented locally owned restaurant in front of the West Virginia Office of Tax Appeals on petition for reassessment of sales and use tax
• Corporate reorganization and consolidation of family owned businesses to streamline operations and increase profitability
• Represented owners and management in transferring a multi-million dollar closely held business to its employees via an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Advised auto dealership owner in evaluating offers to purchase franchise, real property, and assets
• Represented trust beneficiary in litigation in an effort to protect interests and uphold trustee obligations
• Defended corporation on an appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit where the corporation sought damages for the misapplication and miscalculation of loan terms
• Assisted in resolving individual and business tax controversies with the Internal Revenue Service ranging from offers in compromise to a trial before the United States Tax Court