Ziemowit Smulkowski

Practice Areas

Ziemowit Smulkowski is a partner in the Tax practice at Paul Hastings in the Chicago office. Mr. Smulkowski concentrates his practice in U.S. federal income tax issues related to all aspects of private equity backed investments, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital funds, real estate transactions, and management compensation. He works extensively with the firm’s Finance, Financial Restructuring, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Private Equity practices.

Mr. Smulkowski’s representative transactions include acquisitions and dispositions of businesses for both financial and strategic investors, cross-border investments, formation of investment vehicles, and financial restructurings for both borrowers and lenders. He has successfully represented numerous private equity funds, senior and mezzanine lenders, sellers of closely held businesses, and management teams in connection with the acquisition or disposition of their employers.

Prior to joining the Firm in 2010, Mr. Smulkowski worked in the Chicago offices of a multinational law firm for over twelve years and before that Coopers and Lybrand LLP (now known as PricewaterhouseCoopers).

EDUCATION

Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., 1996

Loyola University Chicago, B.A., 1993