Matthew A. Mantle has joined Dentons Sirote’s Tax practice as a shareholder in the firm’s Birmingham office.
Mantle is a nationally-known State and Local Tax (SALT) lawyer with more than a decade and a half of experience helping taxpayer clients with state and local tax planning, legislative and audit/litigation matters in Alabama, Louisiana and on a multi-state basis. He has represented clients nationwide, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to closely held family businesses, in all areas of state and local tax throughout the Gulf South. He advises on state and local tax matters related to tax and business planning, audits, administrative appeals, judicial appeals, identification and utilization of tax incentives, governmental relations, tax legislation and unclaimed property matters.
“We are thrilled to welcome a top-tier lawyer like Matt to our expanding Tax team,” says Dentons Sirote President Kyle Smith. “His extensive state and local tax knowledge and experience will be invaluable to our clients locally, nationally and globally.”
Mantle holds an LLM in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center and is admitted to practice in Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana. In addition, he is a former Graduate Fellow in State and Local Taxation for the Council on State Taxation (COST), where he handled state and local tax litigation issues at the U.S. Supreme Court, state supreme court and state appellate court levels.