Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP‘s tax group is well-versed in the taxation issues of a wide range of transactions including tax-free and taxable acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, spin-offs and dispositions, REITs, RICs, Chapter 11 reorganization cases, nonjudicial restructurings and private equity and hedge fund transactions. The practice is headed by New York-based Eric Sensenbrenner who has expertise structuring cross-border investments and capital markets transactions. Nazmiye Gökçebay, also based in New York, has significant experience counseling on capital markets transactions, complex financial instruments, derivatives and securitizations. In Chicago, Nickolas Gianou advises clients on initial public and other debt and equity offerings, REITs, RICs, restructuring transactions, and investments by sovereign wealth funds. Also based in Chicago are notable key members David Polster and Sarah Beth Rizzo.