E. Allen Hieb, Jr.

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Professional Experience / Bio

Allen is chair of Rogers Towers’ Business and Tax Department. He practices in the areas of federal, state and local taxation and the structuring, operation, reorganization, acquisition and disposition of partnerships, corporations and other business and professional entities.  He assists clients in the structuring of and the tax planning for business and investment opportunities and in that capacity drafts a wide variety of business-related agreements including partnership agreements, shareholder agreements, stock purchase agreements, asset purchase agreements, merger agreements and the like.

Allen frequently represents clients in connection with the tax planning and structuring of real estate investments and the subsequent disposition of the same.  He also represents individuals and entities (both closely and non-closely held) in connection with business reorganizations, mergers, acquisitions, sales, exchanges and succession planning.  Allen advice and represents clients in connection with tax audits and disputes relating to federal income and state tax matters including sales and use tax, intangibles tax and documentary stamp tax.

Education

  • Mercer University, B.S. cum laude, 1979
  • Mercer University, J.D. magna cum laude, 1982

Awards & Distinctions

  • AV Preeminent® Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
  • Florida Super Lawyers® (Tax), 2012, 2013
  • Florida Trend Magazine, “Legal Elite” (Tax), 2010
  • The Best Lawyers in America® (International Mergers & Acquisitions; Tax Law), 2018-2024
  • The Best Lawyers in America® (Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); 2021-2023
  • The Best Lawyers in America® (Mergers and Acquisitions), 2021-2024
  • The Best Lawyers in America® (Corporate Law), 2023-2024
  • Best Lawyers® Jacksonville Tax Law “Lawyer of the Year”, 2019
  • Best Lawyers® Jacksonville Business Organizations (Including LLCs and Partnerships) “Lawyer of the Year”, 2023

Bar Association Membership

  • The Florida Bar, Tax Section
  • State Bar of Georgia

Professional & Community Involvement

  • Member, Rotary Club of Jacksonville

Representitive Matters

  • Assists clients in the structuring of and the tax planning for business and investment opportunities and in that connection drafts a wide variety of business- related agreements including partnership agreements, shareholder agreements, stock purchase agreements, asset purchase agreements, merger agreements and the like.
  • Represents clients in connection with the tax planning and structuring of real estate investments and the subsequent disposition of the same.
  • Represents individuals and entities (both closely and non-closely held) in connection with business reorganizations, mergers, acquisitions, sales, exchanges and succession planning.
  • Provides advice and represents clients in connection with tax audits and disputes relating to federal income and state tax matters including sales and use tax, intangibles tax and documentary stamp tax.