Robert Blashek
Robert Blashek is a skilled and seasoned tax and investment fund lawyer. His practice covers a broad range of federal and California income tax matters, with particular emphasis on private equity, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, financings, bankruptcy and workouts, partnerships and strategic joint ventures, and general business tax planning.
Rob’s clients span a broad array of industries. They include major film studios and entertainment companies as well as private equity funds that invest across a wide variety of sectors such as aerospace and consumer products.
In recent years, Rob has managed the tax implications of numerous acquisitions, strategic joint ventures, and financings for clients such as Univision Communications, Oaktree Capital, Legendary Entertainment, Western Digital, WebMD, Houlihan Lokey, Warner Brothers, and Lions Gate Entertainment.
In addition, Rob has formed or assisted in the formation of private equity investment funds for clients such as Freeman Spogli & Co., Vance Street Capital, Shamrock Capital, Black Canyon, Clarity Partners, Northstar Capital, Key Principal Partners, and Seidler Equity Partners, among others.
- Recognized by Best Lawyers® 2020 for Tax Law in Century City, CA; Robert has been listed in Best Lawyers® since 2006.
- Named “2010 Los Angeles Tax Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers® in America
- Named a “Corporate Tax: Advisory Expert” by Who’s Who Legal (2018)
- Listed in Chambers USA - America’s Leading Business Lawyers (2003-2018), including a Band 1 ranking in Chambers’ Tax section (2013-2019)
- Listed in Legal 500 United States (2008-2015, 2017-2019)
- Named a “Super Lawyer” in a survey conducted by Law & Politics Media Inc. and published in Los Angeles magazine (2004-2015)
- Recognized as a leader in private equity taxation in “World Tax,” International Tax Review's annual assessment of the world's leading tax firms (2008-2015)
- Listed in PLC's, Which Lawyer? Global 50 Firms 2011
Century City, California 90067
