Critical Tax Considerations for Negotiating, Structuring, and Documenting M&A Transactions

Mr. Carson is a partner in the firm's Tax practice group. His experience includes advising corporate clients on cross-border mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and similar transactions. Previously, Mr. Carson served as a manager in the international tax group of a multinational professional services network. He has advised asset management clients on tax matters in connection with private equity fund structures.

Mr. Hochenberg’s practice involves helping clients achieve all tax and other commercial objectives in an array of industries. He often works with companies in the context of an M&A transaction and then becomes a day-to-day advisor to the organization and/or its owners. Mr. Hochenberg also has extensive experience restructuring companies in distressed and non-distressed situations. Known for his proactive, solution-oriented approach, his experience in M&A includes assisting private equity funds in dozens of acquisitions, dispositions and related financings, acquisitions and dispositions by and of public companies, mergers and consolidations of registered funds, and sales of professional sports franchises and other gaming businesses. Mr. Hochenberg’s advisory and restructuring experience includes reorganizing global structures for multinational firms, work both near and in bankruptcy, including Chapter 11 restructurings and representing ad hoc groups of private credit lenders in Chapter 11 and 363 sale processes, designing and implementing structures for sports tournaments and other JVs involving sporting events, and working with companies in the context of tax audits and refund claims.