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Laurence
M.
Bambino
Partner
Education
New York University School of Law, LL.M., 1990
Syracuse University College of Law, J.D., 1982, magna cum laude
Editor, Law Review; Order of the Coif
Columbia College, B.A., 1978
Practice
Laurence Bambino is co-head of the firm’s Global Tax Group and practices in a variety of areas of tax law, with emphasis on the tax treatment (domestic and international) of corporate restructurings, spin-offs, dispositions and acquisitions and transactions involving cross-border tax planning and tax rulings. In advising on spin-offs, mergers and similar transactions, he has worked in recent years with a variety of U.S. corporations, such as Corning, Deere, Dow Chemical, Quest Diagnostics and SunGard and with various financial institutions, such as Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Credit Suisse First Boston and Morgan Stanley. He has advised on transactions involving acquisitions, dispositions, privatizations and restructurings by European companies, such as Cadbury, Danone, Deutsche Bahn, Novartis, Schneider Electric, Siemens and Vivendi. Mr. Bambino joined Shearman & Sterling in September 1982, became a partner in January 1991, and has spent his entire legal career with the Tax Group. Mr. Bambino is recognized in Legal 500, 2011 and PLC Which Lawyers?, 2011.
Experience
- SunGard Data Systems, Inc. in exploring a tax-free spin-off of the information availability services operations, following its acquisition by a consortium of private equity funds sponsored by Silver Lake Partners
- Cadbury in its spin-off of the Dr. Pepper Snapple group
- The Dow Chemical Company in its acquisition of Rohm and Haas
- Quest Diagnostics in its acquisition of AmeriPath and its recent acquisition and restructuring of Hemocue AB
- Citigroup in various acquisitions and restructurings involving its operations in Latin America
- Viacom in its acquisition of DreamWorks
- Georgia-Pacific in its acquisition by Koch Industries
- Deutsche Bahn in its acquisition of the BAX Global logistics operations from the Brinks Company
- Deere in securitizing agricultural and industrial equipment retail loan contracts and in structuring various cross-border operations
- Citigroup in its acquisition of the consumer finance business of Washington Mutual and Federated’s credit card portfolio and in its disposition of the electronic benefits transfer business to JP Morgan Chase
- Vivendi Universal in its sale of Sithe Energies, Inc., in financing its Vivendi Universal Entertainment partnership with USA Networks and on a variety of U.S. and cross-border tax matters
- Quest Diagnostics in its acquisitions of Unilab and the clinical laboratory testing business of SmithKline
- Corning in its acquisitions involving British Telecom, Oak Industries and Siemens, and in the disposition of Corning consumer products and Corning precision lens
- Nelson Doubleday in the sale of his 50% interest in the NY Mets
- SmithKline in its merger of equals transaction with Glaxo Wellcome
- Corning in its double spin-off of its laboratory testing and pharmaceutical research operations
- Pechiney (including its U.S. subsidiaries, Pechiney Corporation and American National Can Company) on a variety of U.S. and international tax matters
Bar Admissions/Qualifications
New York
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