Robert Kester is a partner in Goodwin Procter's Tax Practice, and is also the firm’s tax counsel and Tax Matters Partner. He specializes in business and investment taxation, including the representation of clients in the structuring of commercial and investment transactions.

Mr. Kester's practice includes the tax-advantaged structuring of acquisitions and dispositions, reorganizations and other business restructurings, IPOs, venture capital investments and international transactions. He regularly advises regulated investment companies (RICs), real estate investment trusts (REITs), other collective investment vehicles and financial institutions and financial services companies on the special tax considerations faced by such entities and companies and their investors.