Welty Labry

Labry Welty focuses his practice on real estate, renewable energy, oil and gas, and corporate joint ventures and transactions. He regularly structures, drafts, and negotiates complex joint ventures throughout the United States and has experience advising clients on tax efficient structuring of real estate and renewable energy transactions and corporate mergers and acquisitions. Labry also possesses wide-ranging experience and knowledge of Texas taxation and multistate and local tax issues. He has advised clients with regard to income, franchise, margin, gross receipts, sales and use, and ad valorem taxes, as well as tax and business incentives throughout the country.

Concentrations
Partnership and limited liability company (LLC) formations, transactions, and liquidations
Drafting and negotiation of partnership and LLC agreements
Real estate tax planning, including like kind exchanges and debt workouts
REIT (including Baby REIT) formation and taxation
Corporate organizations, reorganizations, and mergers and acquisitions
U.S. income taxation of inbound investments
Texas franchise and sales and use tax
Multistate and local taxation and controversy representation
Voluntary disclosure agreements (VDA)