Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP‘s experienced non-contentious tax practice handles complex M&A, capital markets offerings, restructurings, securitizations, and real estate investments, among other matters. The team has a strong reputation for its private funds expertise, which extends to advising newer entrants to the market such as sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, and DFIs, as well as for its tax bankruptcy offering, regularly representing debtors, creditors and other investors in relation to a wide range of matters, including tax efficient plans of reorganization and liquidation. Practice head Joseph Pari, operating from both New York and Washington DC and with major clients in the tech and private equity spaces, has a broad practice covering mergers, spin-offs, workouts, and financings. Stuart Goldring in New York is well known for handling federal income tax matters for financially distressed companies, advising debtors, creditors, acquirers, and investors. Devon Bodoh in Washington DC heads the firm’s international tax practice. New York’s Chayim Neubort has considerable experience advising major corporations on internal tax planning and reorganizations. Noah Beck, also in New York, primarily works with private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies.
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'The team is superior in its capability, creativity, and collaboration on tax matters. The client-centric team demonstrated a strong sophistication in all facets of tax.’
Key clients
- Advent International
- Altas Partners LP
- BCI
- Brookfield
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
- Citibank
- Covetrus
- CPP Investments;
- CVC Capital Partners
- Danaher Corporation
- The Estée Lauder Companies
- General Electric Company
- Genstar Capital, LLC
- Glencore plc
- Greenbriar Equity
- Hayfin Capital Management
- ICG Strategic Equity
- Johnson & Johnson
- JPMorgan Chase
- The Kroger Company
- MGM Resorts International
- Mudrick Capital Management, L.P.
- MUFG Securities Americas Inc.
- NEOGEN Corporation
- OMERS Private Equity Inc.
- Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
- PAI Partners
- PSP Investments
- RBC Capital Markets, LLC
- Sanofi S.A.
- TD Securities Inc.
- Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P.
- 33. WindRose Health Investors, LLC
Work highlights
- Advising The Kroger Company on the tax aspects of its merger with Albertsons Companies, Inc., a food and drug retailer operating, at the time, in 34 states and the District of Columbia in a transaction that implies an Albertson enterprise value of approximately $24.6 billion.
- Advising Glencore PLC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, as the shareholders of Viterra Ltd on the tax aspects of its approximately $18 billion ($6.2 billion in stock, $2 billion in cash and $9.8 billion assumption of debt) business combination with Bunge Ltd.
- Advised Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (n/k/a Brookfield Corporation.) on the tax aspects of the spin-off of a 25% interest in its asset management business through a newly listed company, Brookfield Asset Management Ltd., with a market value of more than $50 billion as of the spin-off date.
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Joseph Pari