Biography
Meg Manchester, co-leader of Miles & Stockbridge’s Corporate, Securities and Tax Practice Group, has a diverse transactional tax practice, emphasizing corporate, partnership, real estate and international tax matters.
Her corporate advisory work includes formulating and implementing tax strategies for a variety of business transactions including equity offerings, merger and acquisition transactions, commercial and tax-related entity restructurings, executive compensation planning, international tax structures and compliance, and nonprofit formation and governance. She also counsels real estate clients on a wide array of tax matters including investment fund formation, tax credits and incentives, tax-advantaged and tax-deferred transaction structures, and REIT operations. She has over a decade of experience at law firms in San Francisco, Boston and the Washington, D.C. metro area.
Industries
Education
- New York University School of Law (L.L.M., 2012)
- Taxation
- University of California, Berkeley School of Law (J.D., with honors, 2008)
- Smith College (B.A., magna cum laude, 2002)
Bar Admissions
- California, 2009
- Maryland, 2013
Special Honors
- American Jurisprudence Award: Corporations (2007)
- Best Lawyers in America®: Selected for inclusion in the areas of Tax Law, Baltimore (2023-2026) and Corporate Law, Baltimore (2025-2026)
- Best Lawyers®: Ones to Watch: Selected for inclusion in the areas of Corporate Law, Litigation and Controversy - Tax and Tax Law (2021)
- Maryland Super Lawyers® - Rising Stars Edition: Selected for inclusion in the area of Tax (2020)
- Northern California Super Lawyers® - Rising Stars Edition: Selected for inclusion in the area of Tax (2016-2018)
- Prosser Prize: Income Taxation (2006)
