Tax Considerations in Negotiating, Structuring, and Documenting M&As

Ms. Mathieu advises public and private companies on a broad range of transactional tax matters, with a particular emphasis on mergers, acquisitions and divestiture transactions, including spin-offs, debt and equity offerings, corporate and partnership restructurings, and joint ventures. While Ms. Mathieu maintains a broad M&A tax practice that covers various industries, she has a particular focus on renewable energy deals and their related tax benefits. In addition, Ms. Mathieu has experience counseling on the tax aspects of bankruptcy restructurings, initial public offerings, tax-equity financings, and internal integration and restructuring transactions. Ms. Mathieu is a frequent author and lecturer, as well as a former adjunct professor at George Washington University Law School, where she taught corporate income tax. In recognition of her work, she has been named one of Best Lawyers’ Ones To Watch in America.

Mr. Strong is a tax partner with extensive experience advising clients on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs and restructurings, partnerships and joint ventures, and private equity and venture capital investments. He also advises on the tax aspects of a wide range of capital markets transactions, including syndicated credit facilities, mezzanine and bridge loans, early-stage venture financings, and initial public equity offerings and convertible debt offerings (including tax-integrated hedges). Mr. Strong has worked with both public and private business enterprises across a broad range of industries, including consumer, healthcare, manufacturing and industrial services, media and entertainment, mining and natural resources, real estate, technology, life sciences, and internet and telecommunications. He is a former adjunct professor and current advisory member to the faculty at The University of Denver Law School’s Graduate Tax Program. Mr. Strong is also a former chair of the Corporate Tax Committee of the Tax Section of the American Bar Association, a fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel, and a frequent speaker on corporate and other tax matters at local, regional, and national seminars and continuing legal education programs.