Tax Law
Arthur M. Nathan
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2009 
Firm
Dykema Gossett PLLC
146 Best Lawyers awards
Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
M&A attorney with 49+ years of experience counseling clients in buying, selling, merging and dividing businesses, business taxation, and business planning. Practice includes structuring, negotiating, managing and documenting all types of mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, family business planning, tax-free reorganizations, corporate divisions, acquisitions and dispositions involving ESOPs, private equity transactions, partnership and limited liability company transactions, and advising on shareholder and business owner disputes and contract negotiations. Arthur has worked on transactions in various industries including energy, technology, power, oil and gas, oilfield services, midstream energy, chemicals, technology, logistics, marine terminals and storage, mining, medical, farming, software and professional services.
Firm
Dykema Gossett PLLC
146 Best Lawyers awards
Overview
- Gender: Male
- The University of Texas, JD, graduated 1975
- The University of Texas, BA, graduated 1972
- Texas, 1975
- United States Tax Court
- Supreme Court of Texas
- 5th Circuit Court of Appeals
- Texas, 1975
- The University of Texas, JD, graduated 1975
- The University of Texas, BA, graduated 1972
- United States Tax Court
- Supreme Court of Texas
- 5th Circuit Court of Appeals
- Gender: Male
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
- Tax Law
Additional Areas of Practice:
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Corporate Law
- International Mergers and Acquisitions
- International Trade and Finance Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Trusts and Estates
Special Focus:
- Business and Succession Planning
- Trusts and Estates
Awards:
Board Certified, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Tax Law (1983-present)
Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters (2003-2020)
Best Lawyers in America©, U.S. News & World Report (2009-2020)
Ranked in Chambers USA Guide, Corporate/M&A
Selected by Acritas as M&A Lawyer of the Year Texas 2018
News & Media
Q&A
Experienced M&A lawyer who also practices taxation in corporate, partnership, real estate and some employee benefit areas (including ESOPS). My M&A practice involves representing public and private companies that are acquiring other companies and sellers of private companies. How am I unique? I handle the M&A/corporate and tax side of M&A transactions.
How do you handle transactions that is different from other M&A lawyers? Several ways: (1) Although I will communicate with email when needed, I prefer to have open discussions to resolve issues. (2) I do not find negotiating by e-mail to be effective or efficient. (3) I can anticipate issues and assist in developing solutions. (4) I address problems head on and find solutions. (5) Many lawyers have been trained to find as many problems as possible - I find solutions. (6) I am both an M&A lawyer and a tax lawyer so I am able to address tax issues as part of a transaction.
I represented a company that was being sold in Ohio. The corporate and tax structure was complicated. The Company had used a PPP Loan in 2020. There were multiple owners. We had to complete the deal before the end of the 2020. The clients were wonderful to work with. The lawyers representing the buyer were good. The documents they drafted were thorough. They were very good at coming up with problems and reasons we could not get the deal done or done by 12/31/2020. Each of the 3 times that this happened I was able to come up with a solution that worked for all parties. We got the deal done by 12/31/2020. If you asked the client and investment banker about this transaction, you would be told we could not have gotten this deal done without Arthur.
Keeping up with the tax law changes and corporate law changes in a timely manner and anticipating what tax law changes are likely to occur and how they will affect transactions.
I worked for the laziest human being I've ever met when I got out of law school. I was thrust into transactions and situations that I probably should not have been involved in as a young lawyer but the fact I was involved and not only survived but excelled gave me an opportunity to grow in ways that my contemporaries could not grow. I taught Business Planning as an Adjunct Professor for 6 years and Advanced Corporate Tax for 4 years at UH Law School. Although I did not like grading the final exams, I truly enjoyed having to spend the time getting ready for the classes and the interaction with students who were in their last semester of law school or in the graduate tax program. I think that having to go back to the basics made me a much better substantive lawyer.
Wife; Children; Grandchildren; my religion; gym, reading; music, friends; staying healthy. I still enjoy working.
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