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Don
J.
Lonczak
Partner
Education
New York University School of Law, LL.M. Tax, 1994
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1991
Georgetown University, B.S., 1987
Practice
Don Lonczak, a partner in the firm’s Tax Group, has a broad-based, transaction-oriented practice that includes structuring and negotiating the tax aspects of domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate spin-offs, as well as of public or private financings and derivative financial products. He also regularly advises major corporate clients of the firm with respect to their internal tax planning strategies (both domestic and cross-border), transfer pricing policies and tax controversy matters. Mr. Lonczak joined the firm in September 1991 and became a partner in January 2000.
Experience
- Sungard Data Systems Inc. in connection with its acquisition by a consortium of private equity investment firms
- Avenue Capital in connection with the bankruptcy reorganization of Milacron Inc.
- EQT Infrastructure Fund and Foristar in connection with the acquisition of Midland Cogeneration Venture Limited Partnership
- Diamond Castle Holding, LLC in connection with its leveraged acquisition of Blue Stone TV
- Bunge Limited in connection with its acquisition of Cereol S.A.
- Boston Scientific Corporation in connection with its acquisition of Guidant Corporation
- HLTH Corporation in connection with the downstream merger into its principal subsidiary, WebMD Health Corporation
- Société Générale in connection with the joint venture of worldwide brokerage businesses between its Fimat affiliate and Calyon Financial
- BASF AG in connection with its acquisition of Engelhard Corporation
- Mittal Steel N.V. in connection with its acquisition of International Steel Group in a partially tax-free reorganization
- Novartis AG in connection with the divestiture of its medical nutrition business to Nestlé, the acquisition of the adult nutritional supplement business of the Mead Johnson division of Bristol-Myers Squibb and the spin-off of its worldwide agricultural business as Syngenta AG
- Symphony Capital Partners L.P. in connection with structured financings for Dynavax Technologies Corporation and other pharmaceutical companies
- Deutsche Bank AG in connection with the sale of its worldwide custody business to State Street, and the sale of its U.S.-based consumer finance business to E*Trade
- PIMCO, NIBC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. in connection with offerings of various collateralized debt obligations to U.S. and foreign investors
Selected Professional & Business Activities
Speaker, "Tax Accounting for Loss Situations," Tax Executives Institute, Inc. meeting, April 23, 2009
Bar Admissions/Qualifications
New York
Massachusetts
District of Columbia
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