Biography
Sarah Beth Rizzo advises clients on a wide range of federal income tax planning matters, including REIT transactions, mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, reorganizations, partnership and "Up-C" transactions, private and public securities offerings, financings, private equity transactions and foreign investments in the U.S.
Ms. Rizzo has represented clients in various tax-free and taxable acquisitions, dispositions, financings, spin-offs and restructurings. In addition to acquisition and other transactional work, Ms. Rizzo represents U.S. and international corporations and investment banks in connection with public offerings of debt, equity, and other financial instruments, including initial public offerings in Up-C structures.
Ms. Rizzo also has experience in assisting several clients in obtaining private letter rulings from the IRS, and in representing clients on matters relating to audits and tax controversy before the IRS. She has been repeatedly selected for inclusion in Chambers USA.
Ms. Rizzo received her J.D. from Harvard Law School and her B.S. from Washington University in St. Louis.