Abraham Gutwein is a senior counsel in the Tax Department. Abe devotes a substantial part of his time to the resolution of tax controversies and advising on the tax aspects of bankruptcy reorganizations.

Abe has advised numerous corporate and individual clients on a broad range of substantive and procedural issues that have arisen during the course of federal, state and local tax disputes, and has participated in the litigation and settlement of many such disputes at the audit and administrative levels and before the courts.

In addition, Abe frequently counsels a broad range of clients on sales tax issues, as well as being involved in all aspects of Proskauer's general tax practice.

Abe advises clients about the complex tax issues that often arise in the course of bankruptcy restructurings, including cancellation of debt income, net operating losses, original issue discount and the operation of the “priority” rules governing governmental tax claims.