Mark Stone practices in the area of corporate, international, and real estate taxation and has considerable experience in the representation of non-U.S. companies. He has represented clients from Europe and Japan in a variety of tax matters including acting as lead U.S. tax counsel for the purchaser in the $8 billion cash acquisition of RJR International in 1999 (reportedly the largest acquisition at the time by a Japanese company outside of Japan), and acquisitions in the U.S. by a leading telecommunications company and other publicly held European enterprises. In addition to international corporate tax matters, he is well-versed in the withholding and partnership tax aspects of cross-border licenses and joint ventures. In the domestic setting, Mr. Stone has represented complex real estate partnership/LLCs in tax matters arising out of refinancing of hotels and office buildings and restructuring of the underlying ownership interests, and other clients in corporate reorganizations, state and local taxation, stock options and other matters.