North America - United States • Tax
Jones Day
Jones Day’s non-contentious tax team, operating primarily from Washington DC and New York, advises private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds, and corporations, among other clients, on a wide range of issues. Edward Kennedy in New York, regularly advising Fortune 500 companies, investors, private equity firms, and hedge funds, leads the group alongside Washington DC’s Joseph Goldman, who has deep experience handling the tax aspects of M&A, post-acquisition integration, restructurings, and intellectual property licensing, with particular expertise in the life sciences space. Andrew Eisenberg in Washington DC advises on federal income tax issues concerning corporate M&A, including taxable and tax-free stock and asset acquisitions and dispositions, post-acquisition restructurings, incorporation transactions, and liquidating and non-liquidating distributions. Colleen Laduzinski, with considerable experience acting as tax counsel on both the debtor and creditor side, is partner-in-charge of the firm’s Boston office. DC’s Christopher Hanfling and Kelly Rubin in Dallas are key contacts, both with notable expertise in federal tax matters.
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Testimonials
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‘The team is extremely knowledgeable and creative. In addition, they are responsive and driven by the aim of finding the best solution.’
‘Ed Kennedy is hands on, capable and has a one-of-a-kind drive to achieve the best result for his clients. Richard Nugent is, like Ed, very experienced, technically very well equipped and responsive!’
‘In the M&A space, Jones Day brings a full range of general and specialist practitioners that speak with one voice. We gain a lot of comfort knowing that our partnership with Jones Day will allow us to secure the best deal terms possible. ’
‘Richard Nugent and Matthew Waterhouse have a deep understanding of thebusiness including product supply, marketing and distribution. This knowledge is priceless when representing us in deal matters. This deep understanding also allows for an efficient use of resources. Finally, Richard and Matthew also have a keen understanding of our risk tolerance which is very helpful in a negotiation environment.’
Key clients
- Bally's Corporation
- Cardinal Health
- Cleveland Cliffs
- Diebold Nixdorf
- DigitalBridge
- EagleTree
- FactSet Research Systems
- FirstEnergy
- Laureate Education
- Lowe's Companies
- Newell Brands
- Riverside Company
- Wabtec Corporation
Work highlights
- Advised Diebold Nixdorf in a cross-border restructuring involving dual bankruptcy proceedings under the United States (chapter 11) and Netherlands (scheme of arrangement), and the first-ever chapter 15 recognition of the Dutch bankruptcy rules.
- Represented Tokyo-based Astellas in its $5.9 billion cross-border acquisition of Iveric Bio in the opthalmogic field.
- Represented LabCorp in the spin-off of its clinical development business as a new public company.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Joseph Goldman, Edward Kennedy