Proskauer Rose LLP not only offers a full-service transactional tax offering, but the team also possesses unique strengths in a few unique sectors, such as sports and digital services. The tax team’s presence in the sports industry, working with private equity and private capital firms to cover tax considerations on both the sponsor and lender side, as well as their industry-lauded private funds practice, both heavily feature the tax team’s input. The team also handles international tax planning, transfer pricing, and cross-border fund structuring, reorganizations, and spin-offs. Practice head Amanda Nussbaum is noted for being ‘extremely knowledgeable’ and is highly regarded for her expertise in tax issues for private investment funds. She also frequently plays an instrumental role advising clients on transactional tax issues in the sports industry. David Miller is known for his role advising leading private equity and hedge funds on taxation of financial instruments and derivatives. In Boston, Scott Jones, Arnold May, and Jamiel Poindexter are part of the stellar funds team and frequently work with venture capital, hedge, and private equity fund managers on the full ambit of tax considerations, and Jeremy Naylor is prominent in the secondaries market. Team members are based in New York unless otherwise stated.
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  • My firm has been using Proskauer for over 20 years now. I have been working with Proskauer for the past 3 years. Proskauer is a great firm that is very knowledgeable and helpful. Proskauer's interaction with my firm feels more like an additional partner as opposed to a third-party service firm. Whenever I am on the call with counterparty tax lawyers, I always feel confident that I have one of the best lawyers on that call.

Key clients

  • Sizzling Platter
  • DigitalBridge Group, Inc.
  • DataBank Holdings Ltd.
  • National Football League
  • TGL
  • Buffalo Bills
  • Philadelphia Eagles
  • Funds managed by Ares Management
  • Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
  • QSC, LLC
  • Henry Schein, Inc.
  • Trivest Partners
  • 180 Degree Capital Corp.
  • Blue Owl Capital
  • Antares Capital
  • Blackstone Strategic Partners
  • Pacific General Equity Partners, LLC
  • Lexington Partners
  • Thoma Bravo
  • Atlas Ventures

Work highlights

Advised Sizzling Platter, a portfolio company of CapitalSpring and its co-investor Yukon Capital Partners, in its sale to Bain Capital.
Advised Atlas Holdings, which manages more than $16 billion of capital, on the closing of its fifth flagship investment fund, Atlas Capital Resources V LP. The fund had a single closing, reaching its hard cap of $6.45 billion in committed capital.
Advised the National Football League in connection with the negotiation of a non-binding agreement with ESPN, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, under which ESPN will acquire NFL Network and certain other media assets owned and controlled by the NFL -- including NFL's linear RedZone Channel, and NFL Fantasy -- in exchange for a 10% equity stake in ESPN.

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Practice head

Amanda Nussbaum

Other key lawyers

David Miller; Scott Jones; Arnold May; Jeremy Naylor; Jamiel Poindexter; Malcolm Hochenberg; Janicelynn Asamoto Park; Muhyung Lee; Brianna Reed