William R. Peck

Boardman, Suhr, Curry & Field LLP, Madison, USA

Bill focuses his practice primarily in the areas of business, tax and nonprofit transactional law.  He works with business owners with companies in all stages of development, from start-up formation through business succession planning, reorganizations and acquisitions.  He works with clients in structuring business protection and control arrangements, involving buy-sell agreements, shareholder control agreements, and noncompetition agreements.  

Bill's transactional practice includes contract drafting and negotiation, including supply agreements, development agreements, intellectual property licensing agreements, distribution agreements, sales representative agreements, and equipment leases.  He also handles commercial real estate transactions, including sales, leases, and like-kind exchanges. 

Bill assists clients with individual and business tax litigation and controversies, including matters involving federal and state income tax, sales and use tax, and unemployment insurance tax. His tax practice also includes preparing tax opinions and requests for IRS private letter rulings.

In his nonprofit and tax-exempt organization practice, Bill has worked with many types of exempt organizations, including public charities, private foundations, trade associations, churches, supporting organizations, and private operating foundations. His work includes forming new nonprofit corporations and trusts, and preparing federal and state registration and exemption applications.  Bill also works with clients in areas such as organizational structures and reorganizations, corporate governance, unrelated business income planning and joint ventures.