Rebecca Midori Ulich-Balinskas is of counsel in the Tax Group and is based in Morrison Foerster’s New York office. Her practice focuses on U.S. federal, state and local tax transactional and controversy matters.

Rebecca provides U.S. federal, state and local tax advice, guidance, and representation on most business transactions, including M&A, reorganizations, fund formations and fund investments, joint ventures, spin-offs and divestitures, international structuring, and capital markets offerings. Her state and local tax practice encompasses matters across the U.S. regarding sales and use tax, franchise and income tax, gross receipts tax, excise tax, unclaimed property, and real estate transfer tax, among others. Her clients include large multinational companies, banks, financial institutions, Fintech companies, REITs, joint ventures, start-ups, and fund sponsors and investors. She also has extensive experience representing clients before the IRS and in state and local tax controversy matters at the audit, administrative, and judicial levels. In addition, her work includes advising non-profits and charities in their formation and/or ongoing charitable activities.

Rebecca has written on various tax issues and has spoken at several tax conferences.

Rebecca obtained her LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law. She earned her J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law, where she served as an Articles Editor of the St. John’s Law Review. Rebecca received her B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from Columbia University, Barnard College.