Hunton & Williams recruits Michael Silva as a partner in its Miami office. Law firm Hunton & Williams has brought Michael Silva in as a partner in a bid to expand its private-client tax practice. Silva, an accountant as well as an lawyer, is based in the firm's Miami office.

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"Michael is a talented attorney and brings with him a commitment to clients and to the community," says Marty Steinberg, managing partner Hunton & Williams' Miami office. "With his addition, we continue to build our tax, private wealth and international law practice."

Silva -- who comes to Hunton & Williams from his own practice -- focuses on international tax law with an emphasis on U.S. investment structures, cross-border tax issues for high-net-worth non-U.S. clients as well as tax-treaty planning, withholding obligations of U.S. real property investments and U.S. activities of non-U.S. banks.

Silva is an adjunct professor at the University of Miami's Law School.

Richmond, Va.-based Hunton & Williams specializes in the energy, financial-service and life-sciences sectors. It has 19 offices around the world. -FWR

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