Nicole Bouchard chairs the tax practice at Brown Rudnick LLP, which is active in various corporate tax and restructuring matters for clients in the technology, financial services, and transportation sectors. In New York, Bouchard excels at handling Chapter 11 proceedings and is involved in the bankruptcy cases of Purdue Pharma, BlockFi, and Coach USA. In Washington DC, Peter Farrell focuses on federal taxation whilst New York’s Kevin Brown excels at handling M&A deals and matters pertaining to employee benefits and executive compensation.
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Key clients
- BlockFi: Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Crypto Company
- BlockFi: Wind-Down Debtors and Plan Administrator of Crypto Company
- Purdue Pharma: Ad Hoc Committee of Governmental and Contingent Litigation Claimants of Major Pharmaceutical Company
- Coach USA: Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Transportation Company
- Invacare: Ad Hoc Noteholders Committee of Home and Medical Care Company
- Lordstown Motors: Official Committee of Equity Security Holders for EV truck manufacturer
- ProFrac - a Leading Oil & Gas Company
- Coalition of Abused Scouts for Justice, Boy Scouts of America
- Retired and Former Grant Thornton Partners- the Accounting Firm
- Nogin- Ad Hoc Committee of Senior Noteholders
Work highlights
- Advising on the complex tax aspects of crypto-platform BlockFi’s Chapter 11 case and post-confirmation wind down.
- Advising on the plan structure and creditor recoveries for the Ad Hoc Committee of consenting Governmental & Other Contingent Litigation Claimants in the bankruptcy cases of Purdue Pharma.
- Advised Thunder Power Holdings, a Hong Kong-based premium electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, in complex cross-border tax issues and extensive negotiation with SPAC tax counsel to achieve the desired results in its $400 million merger with Feutune Light Acquisition, a publicly traded SPAC.
Lawyers
Practice head
Nicole Bouchard
Other key lawyers
Peter Farrell; Kevin Brown; Barbara Kelly