Rob Wood has extraordinarily broad experience in corporate, partnership and individual tax matters. He has an international reputation as a consultant on the tax treatment of litigation recoveries. Indeed, in this area he is perhaps the preeminent lawyer in the United States. He has long maintained a corporate tax practice emphasizing general business planning, negotiation and documentation of corporate distributions, divisive and acquisitive reorganizations, financings, recapitalizations, formations and liquidations. He has recently been named to "Super Lawyers" by publishers of Law & Politics and San Francisco magazines, and named to "America's Best Lawyers" by Forbes Magazine. Rob is a frequent guest on Legal Broadcast Network radio shows, as well as featured on the Legal Talk Network and Ringler Radio.

Unlike many tax lawyers, Rob Wood performs related general corporate and transactional work including negotiation and documentation of mergers and acquisitions, financing, leases and licenses. His representation in partnership transactions includes negotiation and documentation of institutional joint ventures, limited partnership syndications and real estate development projects. He also documents like-kind exchanges. Mr. Wood is a frequent expert witness on tax matters in civil cases, class actions, tax and accounting malpractice cases. 

Mr. Wood's tax controversy and administrative work is broad-based, including audits, appeals, rulings, protests, appellate conferences, closing agreements, Tax Court and appellate court litigation. He has also regularly conducted California Franchise Tax Board and State Board of Equalization audits, appeals and rulings. 

Mr. Wood has obtained many IRS private letter rulings for clients. He has even been hired to meet with the IRS National Office in Washington by other law or accounting firms when they have failed to obtain a ruling. He also has significant experience with exempt organization work, including formation, qualification, termination, and operation of public charities and private foundations. He has often successfully pursued property tax contests, including appeals and hearings.

Former partner of Bancroft, Avery & McAlister, San Francisco; former partner of Steefel, Levitt & Weiss, San Francisco. Formerly associated with: McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen and Broad, Schulz, Larson & Wineberg.