May 27 (Bloomberg) — Democrats in Congress are trying to block companies from cutting their tax bills by moving their legal address outside the U.S. through a merger.

Companies are forging ahead anyway.

"We're working on a lot of deals that have this element to it," said Robert Profusek, head of the mergers and acquisitions group at Jones Day in New York. "Nobody's said, 'Stop the music.'"

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