Corporate Reorganizations: Structuring Internal Mergers and Asset Transfers

Ms. Divola is the co-leader of Pillsbury’s Corporate Reorganizations practice. Her practice focuses on the tax aspects of corporate and partnership transactions, including domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions and restructurings, joint ventures, and spin-offs. Ms. Divola is experienced in federal income tax planning for business and financial transactions. She advises on the tax aspects of all manner of domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and restructurings. Ms. Divola is the previous chair of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation, where she also has previously served as chair of the Diversity in the Profession Committee, vice chair (Publications), editor-in-chief of The Tax Lawyer, and council director and chair of the Corporate Tax Committee. She serves on the advisory board of the New York University Institute of Federal Taxation, the Bloomberg BNA Corporate Tax Advisory Board, and the ALI-CLE Tax Advisory panel. 

Ms. Lee, co-leader of Pillsbury’s Corporate Reorganizations practice, advises domestic and international clients on complex corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, cross-border corporate reorganizations, venture capital financings, commercial transactions, and corporate governance. Her extensive experience encompasses significant corporate reorganizations involving global integrations and strategic asset sales. Ms. Lee frequently advises innovative startups and their investors through various stages of growth, guiding them through financing rounds and secondary market transactions. She represents a variety of public and private clients, including entrepreneurs, investors, and technology companies across a broad range of industries.

Ms. Trueper’s practice focuses on business transactions involving alternative entities, including limited liability companies, partnerships (limited and general) and statutory trusts. She provides guidance to clients in all aspects of the operation of alternative entities, including advising on their formation, governance, reorganization, contract interpretation, fiduciary duties and dissolution. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Trueper practiced in the Delaware office of a Silicon Valley-based law firm where she advised a variety of clients, including founders, investors and public and private companies, on matters of Delaware law relating to fiduciary duties, M&As, corporate restructurings, equity issuances and financings and formation, winding up and liquidation of limited liability companies and partnerships.