Rita Halabi

Primary Focus & Experience

Ms. Halabi advises financial sponsors and strategic investors on the tax aspects of a wide range of domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. She also counsels clients on the formation and structuring of joint ventures and partnerships.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Halabi gained experience with a variety of US federal tax matters related to direct lending and leveraged finance, fund finance, fund formation and fund investments, restructurings and bankruptcies, capital markets and tax controversy.

Recognition & Accomplishments

Ms. Halabi earned her J.D. from University of Miami and received her LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law.

Devoted to thought leadership on tax-related topics, Ms. Halabi is a contributing author to International Tax Disputes: Arbitration, Mediation, and Dispute Management, an international tax treatise published by Edward Elgar Publishing, and has co-authored articles featured in Practicing Law Institute publications and LexisNexis Practical Guidance. She has also spoken at programs hosted by the Tax Sections of the New York State Bar Association and the American Bar Association.

Ms. Halabi is fluent in Arabic and conversational in French and Spanish.