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Representative Matters
Our tax attorneys are experts at identifying and resolving tax issues related to mergers & acquisitions, spinoffs and corporate restructurings, debt and equity financings, entity formation, equity compensation, partnerships and LLCs, state and local tax matters and international taxation, including cross-border investments, international tax planning and technology transfer and licensing arrangements. Some of the matters we have been involved in include:

• The $1.5 billion sale of RightNow Technologies to Oracle
• Carlisle Companies’ $265 million acquisition of the Thermax-Raydex business from Belden
• Medtronic’s $200 million acquisition of Cardiocom LLC
• The $3.8 billion sale of Kodiak Oil & Gas to Whiting Petroleum Corp.
• Tekmira Pharmaceuticals acquisition of Oncore Biopharma
• Wilson Sporting Goods Co.’s acquisition of the global brand, sales and innovation rights to Louisville Slugger™ from Hillerrich & Bradsby
• The combination of Hamline University and William Mitchell College of Law into the MitchellǀHamline School of Law
• Advising a number of US corporations on the structuring of a tax efficient reorganization prior to their listing on AIM, including advice on restructuring their employee share incentive arrangements
• Advising Fujitsu Limited on its acquisition of Siemens AG's 50% shareholding in their joint venture, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, in a deal worth approximately €450 million
• Advising AKQA on UK tax and employee incentive issues on its £350 million acquisition by WPP Plc
• Advising clients on the formation of investment partnerships and limited liability companies, including entities holding diversified publicly traded stock portfolios with complex hedge-fund type accounting provisions, private equity, aircraft, and debt instruments
• Advising clients on equity compensation and equity compensation alternatives in partnerships and LLCs