Brown Rudnick LLP‘s tax team, in New York, stands out for its role in numerous high-profile chapter 11 cases, such as for First Brands and Red River Talc. Apart from restructuring and bankruptcy, the tax team also handles joint ventures and M&A deals in the energy sector. Nicole Bouchard leads the tax team and is the main port of call for restructuring and navigating chapter 11 mandates, whilst also boasting expertise in a broad range of transactional matters. Vincent Guglielmotti and Kevin Brown are other key names.
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Key clients
- First Brands Group: Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
- Ascend Performance Materials: Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
- 23andMe: Official Equity Committee
- Linqto: Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
- BlockFi: Wind-Down Debtors and Plan Administrator
- Purdue Pharma: Ad Hoc Committee of Governmental and Contingent Litigation Claimants
- ProFrac
- Coalition of Abused Scouts for Justice, Boy Scouts of America
- Queensgate Investments, a real estate investor
- Dawson Geophysical Company, a leading provider of North American onshore seismic data acquisition services
- Eric D. Green, Special Master and Trustee of Restitution Funds for the Takata Airbag Tort Compensation Trust Fund
- Red River Talc, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson: Official Committee of Talc Claimants
- Sunny Health & Fitness, a California-based provider of fitness equipment and technology
- Trustee of the PG&E Fire Victim Trust
- Bullrock Energy Ventures
- Zero-In Media
- Fundraise Up
Work highlights
Representing the Official Creditors' Committee of auto parts leader First Brands Group in their chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
Advised ProFrac on numerous transactions, including recently in their $105 million deal to sell the mobile power generation assets and related intellectual property of its subsidiary, ProFrac GDM, to Flotek Industries.
Represented Bullrock Energy Ventures in the formation of a $220 million joint venture with Apollo Global Management for a portfolio of community solar assets in New York and New England.
Practice head
Nicole Bouchard
Other key lawyers
Vince Guglielmotti; Peter Farrell; Kevin Brown; Barbara Kelly