Arthur M. Nathan
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Focusing on corporate and partnership transactions, mergers and acquisitions attorney Arthur Nathan brings to his practice more than four decades of experience and creative, often cutting-edge strategies in counseling clients in buying, selling, combining, and dividing businesses, as well as in business taxation and planning. Although his practice has a Texas focus, Arthur also advises on transactions and matters across the country.
Arthur advises clients in structuring, negotiating, managing, and documenting all types of mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, family business planning, tax-free reorganizations, corporate divisions, fund structures, acquisitions, and dispositions involving ESOPs, private equity transactions, partnership and limited liability company transactions, and advising on shareholder and business owner disputes. He finds it gratifying to be closely involved in his clients’ business decisions and helping them achieve their goals and objectives.
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- The University of Texas at Austin, J.D., with honors
- Order of the Coif
- The University of Texas at Austin, B.A., manga cum laude
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Phi Gamma Sigma
- The University of Texas at Austin, J.D., with honors
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Bar Admissions
- Texas
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Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
- U.S. Tax Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
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Board Certified, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Tax Law, 1983-Present
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Recognized by Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2003-2023
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Recognized by Best Lawyers in America, U.S. News & World Report, 2009-2023
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Ranked in Chambers USA for Corporate/M&A, 2010-2013
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Acritas “Star Lawyer” (2018, 2021)
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Named in Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Tax Advisers in the United States
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International Who’s Who of Professionals
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ACQ5 Global Award 2018: US: Texas – Lawyer of the Year (M&A)
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Named one of Houstonia Magazine's “Top Lawyers,” 2019
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Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Houston Law School teaching Business Planning from 1981 to 1986 and teaching Advanced Corporate Tax from 2004 to 2008.
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Areas of client focus

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