Christine Cagnina practices in Mayer Brown’s Tax Transactions Group as Counsel in the Charlotte office. She focuses her practice on multi-state tax transactions and planning, including advising clients on the state tax aspects of mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, the restructure of debt and private equity transactions as well as general corporate tax matters. Christine has substantial experience in multiple areas of state and local taxation, including income, franchise, sales/use and real estate transfer tax research, planning and analysis for tax minimization strategies, including structuring and tax planning for REITs, partnerships and limited liability companies investing in real estate and real estate-related assets. She has extensive experience working with various types of business entities, including corporate, partnership, and trust entities, engaged in real estate investments, finance and banking, electronic commerce, manufacturing, insurance, leasing, retailing, telecommunications and the oil and gas industry.