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John M. Sykes III
Partner

Education
New York University School of Law, LL.M. (Tax), 1980
University of Louisville School of Law, J.D., 1975, cum laude
University of Tennessee, B.S., 1970

Practice
Mr. Sykes is a partner in the firm’s Tax Group where he represents major companies, financial institutions and underwriters, advising on the tax aspects of various types of transactions including cross-border offerings of debt and equity securities, country debt restructurings, asset-backed securities, fund offerings, leasing transactions, project finance and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Sykes joined the firm in 1986 and became a partner in 1996.

Experience
  • The purchaser of merchant power plants
  • The developer of a transmission line
  • The joint lead arrangers in connection with the bridges, senior loan, high yield debt and EETC financing for the proposed acquisition of Qantas Airways Limited
  • The issuer in a proposed IPO of an aircraft operating lessor
  • The purchaser of an operator of automobile vacuum and tire inflation systems
  • The purchaser of a concessionaire of baggage cart, locker and stroller services at airports and train stations throughout the world
  • The issuer in a monetization of certain economic and tax benefits in an infrastructure project
  • The underwriters in a public offering of credit-enhanced leveraged lease debt through a pass-through trust for a major U.S. airline
  • The purchaser of aircraft operating leases and supporting staff
  • The placement agent in the offering by a hedge fund of repackaged credit-enhanced leveraged lease debt through a pass-through trust
  • The purchaser of rolling stock operating leases


Selected Professional & Business Activities
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, New York University School of Law, Graduate Tax Program
    (Fall 1981-Spring 1982)
  • Instructor in Taxation, New York University School of Law, Graduate Tax Program
    (Fall 1980-Summer 1981)
  • Adjunct Instructor, University of Louisville School of Law (Winter 1977-Winter 1979)


Bar Admissions/Qualifications
New York
Florida
Kentucky


Courts
United States Tax Court