Amanda Nussbaum > Proskauer Rose LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Proskauer Rose LLP advises a broad spectrum of exempt organizations across various industries and regions, including professional sports leagues, healthcare systems, cultural institutions, public charities, and private foundations, on matters related to personal planning, tax, governance, regulation, litigation, and charitable giving. The practice is jointly led by the ‘incredibly knowledgeable’ Amanda Nussbaum, who is based at the New York office, alongside Seth Safra, working at the Washington DC office. Nussbaum guides clients on obtaining and maintaining federal income tax exemption while minimizing unrelated business taxable income. Safra specializes in nonprofit employer matters, including executive employment, deferred compensation, and innovative compensation arrangements. Core members of the New York office include Whitney Phelps and Jason Madden, who provide practical and strategic counsel for healthcare stakeholders, such as hospitals and physician groups.

Proskauer Rose LLP advises on complex cross-border structuring issues such as withholding tax, permanent establishment risks, and transfer pricing. The firm has a robust mergers and acquisitions offering in which it regularly advises on multiple jurisdictional and pricing issues. Team lead Amanda Nussbaum, sits in the New York office and assists international clients with both taxable and tax-free mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions, and capital markets offerings. New York-based David Miller focuses his broad practice on the taxation of financial instruments and derivatives, cross-border lending, and international mergers and acquisitions while Mark Hamilton handles international mergers and acquisitions, cross-border investments, and structured financing arrangements for a client roster consisting of private equity funds, commercial and investment banks, and insurance companies. In Los Angeles, Robert Friedman’s practice covers public and private mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and electric and gas utility tax issues. In Boston, Stephen Severo represents corporate, private equity and investment fund clients in connection with all tax-related aspects of investments, debt restructurings, and securities issuances.

Offering broad expertise to blue-chip fund formations, Proskauer Rose LLP offers a full range of corporate and financial taxation. The group, based out of New York and Boston, advises on cross-border structuring issues such as asset and business migrations and has particular expertise in employment and executive compensation matters. ‘Truly exceptional’ practice lead Amanda Nussbaum advises sports teams and leagues on various tax matters as well as the structuring of international private investment funds. Tax expert David Miller handles a wide range of areas such as the taxation of financial instruments and derivatives, bankruptcy and workouts, and cross-border private equity and hedge funds. Scott Jones and Arnold May focus on tax planning for private equity fund managers. Jeremy Naylor advises on all aspects of private investment fund matters, and Jamiel Poindexter advises on all types of fund-related transactions. Janicelynn Park represents investors and sponsors in buy-side and sell-side secondary transactions. Daniel Paulos and Ekaterina (Kate) Napalkova have departed the firm.