Barry Herzog

Practice Areas

Barry Herzog advises clients on a comprehensive range of issues in connection with federal income taxation, in particular on the tax implications of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; partnerships and joint ventures; bankruptcy and corporate restructuring; financings, including debt and equity offerings and derivatives; real estate transactions; and executive compensation.

In the M&A arena, Barry advises corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies in strategizing, structuring and negotiating acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, divestitures and spin-offs to maximize tax efficiency and optimize the utilization of tax attributes. He advises private equity and hedge funds in the buying and selling of portfolio companies, fund formation, the tax implications of complex investment strategies and structures, including evaluating the taxation of hedge fund and private equity fund domestic and offshore investors as well as fund principals, and optimizing the tax posture of portfolio companies.