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.

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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)

Recent Matters

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Advised Distributor in Part-Sale, Part-Rollover Transaction

Miles & Stockbridge represented a distributor of electrical parts, lighting products and commercial shading solutions in a part-sale, part-rollover transaction with a private equity sponsor utilizing representations and warranties insurance, which required...