Greater Chicago, Illinois — Federal Tax Matters Nationwide
Trusted counsel for companies, founders, and investors.
RD Abro Legal advises businesses and individuals across the full life of a tax matter — entity formation, corporate and partnership compliance, M&A structuring, digital assets, and outside general counsel support. Big Law discipline, boutique attention.
The Practice
One attorney across the full tax life of your business.
From the first operating agreement to the closing table — and everything the Code requires in between.
Tax Compliance & Planning
Corporate, partnership, and individual tax compliance for businesses with real complexity — multi-entity structures, allocations and distributions, international reporting, and year-round planning designed to keep positions defensible if they're ever questioned.
M&A & Transaction Tax
Tax structuring for acquisitions, dispositions, and reorganizations — deal structure analysis, tax due diligence, private equity structures, and purchase agreement tax provisions. Available as lead tax counsel or as co-counsel to your deal team.
Entity Formation & Structuring
LLC formation done with the end in mind — choice of entity, operating agreements, partnership agreements, and ownership structures built to fit how you'll actually operate, distribute, and eventually exit.
Digital Assets & Cryptocurrency
Tax counsel for crypto holders, funds, and businesses — reporting and basis questions, 1099-DA compliance, staking and DeFi income characterization, and voluntary disclosure for prior years. When the IRS comes calling, disciplined enforcement defense backed by real controversy experience.
Outside General Counsel
Ongoing legal support for growing companies that aren't ready for a full-time GC — contracts, governance, and day-to-day legal judgment from an attorney who already understands your structure and your tax posture.
Tax Controversy & IRS Representation
When a notice arrives, the response matters. Audit defense, penalty abatement, CP2000 responses, and appeals — built on nearly a decade of constructing and defending tax positions before the IRS.
Who I Work With
Three kinds of clients, one standard of counsel.
Businesses & Founders
Companies from formation through exit — entity setup, ongoing compliance, transactions, and outside general counsel support that helps address legal questions before they become disputes.
Digital Asset Holders & Companies
Investors, funds, and crypto-native businesses navigating a maturing enforcement landscape — from getting reporting right the first time to resolving prior years proactively.
Law Firms & Advisors
Tax co-counsel for firms that need senior transaction tax experience on call — private equity structures, M&A planning, corporate reorganizations, and international compliance — without the overhead of a full-time hire.
About
Rita D. Abro
After nearly a decade in Big Law, I built RD Abro Legal to give companies and individuals the kind of tax counsel usually reserved for institutional clients — without the institutional overhead.
My career has been spent structuring and defending tax positions: building entities and transactions the right way from the start, keeping compliance defensible year over year, and, when necessary, standing between clients and the IRS. That range — planning, transactions, and controversy under one roof — means advice that accounts for how positions are actually examined, not just how they read on paper.
“The best tax position is one that never needs defending — but is built as if it will.”
- Education
- University of Michigan Law School, J.D. · University of Michigan — a proud double Wolverine
- Experience
- Latham & Watkins · Baker & McKenzie · Thompson Coburn · Seyfarth Shaw
- Focus
- Tax compliance & planning, M&A and transaction tax, entity structuring, digital assets, outside general counsel, tax controversy
- Admitted
- Licensed in Illinois
- Location
- Hinsdale, Illinois (greater Chicago) — federal tax matters handled nationwide; remote meetings available
By Referral
Most of my clients arrive by referral.
I am currently accepting new clients on a referral-only basis. Please check back soon for when I open up space for additional clients.