Corporate Transactions and Finance
The area's practice includes corporate tax planning, often working in conjunction with the firm's Corporate Group, on an international scale for both US-based and foreign-based multinational manufacturers and service providers. Our work involves both transactions involving equity ownership and debt financings.
Financings and Financial Products
We have participated in a wide variety of securities transactions, including those involving a number of sophisticated financial products. We have advised clients on the tax aspects of sales of various securities, in private placements and to the public, including:
- common stock
- preferred auction rate stock
- convertible preferred stock
- stock options and warrants
- Eurobonds
- MIPS
- debt subject to the original issue discount rules
Representative Engagements include:
- Acquisition of a foreign multinational construction management and design engineering concern and subsequent restructuring of that concern to maximize US tax benefits
- Formation of numerous domestic limited liability companies in a variety of industries
- Structuring of major satellite communications and aerospace joint ventures
- Tax-free spin-off of a substantial 80%-owned subsidiary of a publicly traded company
- Venture capital financing of and subsequent merger of an Internet technology company into a publicly traded company
- Acquisitions and dispositions of coal company assets
- ESOP transactions