John Lehrer provides federal income tax advice focused on domestic and cross-border mergers, business acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, spin-offs, and tax-free reorganizations. Mr. Lehrer focuses his practice on the overall corporate structuring (domestic and international) of taxable and tax-free transactions; corporate divisions under IRC Section 355; liquidations; shareholder redemptions; entity selection; basis and E&P calculations; deemed asset purchases; tax due diligence; corporate loss limitation studies (IRC Section 382); the overall tax aspects of bankruptcy and workouts; and the consolidated return regulations.
His practice also includes representing clients before the Internal Revenue Service with respect to private letter rulings and all aspects of dispute resolution, including responses to preliminary information requests, assistance with the audit process, and representation in matters before the IRS Appeals Division.
Mr. Lehrer currently serves on the Editorial Board of The Tax Adviser, the monthly periodical of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He frequently lectures on various tax topics at seminars and institutes around the country. Mr. Lehrer also is a regular contributor to Baker Hostetler’s HospitalityLawg, which offers commentary and opinions on hospitality industry issues, trends, challenges and news.
Mr. Lehrer joined Baker Hostetler in 2007 after working in the mergers and acquisitions division of an international accounting firm based in Washington, D.C., from 2004 to 2007. From 1999 through 2004, he was Associate General Counsel and then Deputy General Counsel and Vice President for an international energy management and consulting company based in Virginia. Mr. Lehrer’s responsibilities while at this company included drafting consulting and confidentiality agreements, negotiating joint venture agreements with parties located in Germany and Brazil, acquiring rights-of-way for development of natural gas pipeline laterals for a natural gas-fired power plant that was under construction, assisting with the sale of an interest in a natural gas-fired power plant and addressing legal and tax issues involved with the development of synthetic fuel manufacturing facilities under IRC Section 29.
4/11/2012 - Webb and Lehrer Write on Historical Tax Considerations for Short-Term Timeshare Products in Top Vacation Ownership Industry Magazine
3/1/2012 - President Obama's Tax Reform Framework
7/11/2011 - Schmidt, Littman, Lehrer and Dayan Address Tax Executives Institute