Trevor Allen advises clients on a broad range of U.S. tax matters, including the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, joint ventures, investment fund formations, foreign investments in the U.S., transactions involving REITs, and IPOs, including “UP-C” IPOs. He also has experience with tax controversies and obtaining private letter rulings from the IRS.

Bio

Significant representations include:

  • Getty Images in its $3.7 billion merger of equals with Shutterstock
  • BridgeBio Pharma in:
    • the $2.8 billion acquisition of Eidos Therapeutics, Inc. shares it did not already own
    • its formation of the joint venture GondolaBio involving several preclinical and early clinical-stage drugs
  • Twenty-First Century Fox in its $71.3 billion acquisition by the Walt Disney Company and the related premerger spin-off of certain news, sports and broadcast businesses
  • Catalent in its $16.5 billion merger with an affiliate of Novo Holdings S/A and subsequent carve-out sale to Novo Nordisk A/S
  • Hillenbrand in its strategic review of its Batesville business, culminating in a sale to LongRange Capital for $761.5 million
  • Dell Technologies in its $4 billion sale of Boomi to Francisco Partners and TPG
  • Express Scripts in its $67 billion acquisition by Cigna Corporation and its $3.6 billion acquisition of EviCore Healthcare, LLC
  • Ryman Hospitality in its strategic review of its Opry Entertainment division and sale of a 30% stake to Atairos and NBCUniversal
  • Yahoo! in the $4.5 billion sale of its operating business to Verizon Communications Inc.
  • Tom Ford International and its licensing affiliate in the $2.8 billion sale of the TOM FORD brand and operations to the Estée Lauder Companies Inc. and Ermenegildo Zegna N.V.
  • Maui Jim in its sale to Kering Eyewear
  • Lionel Messi in his agreement to sign with Inter Miami SF as a designated player
  • Cannae Holdings in its agreement to wind down its external management structure

Mr. Allen has also been a guest speaker on various tax planning topics, including at the Tax Executive Institute and the American Bar Association Section of Taxation annual meetings.

Credentials

Education

  • LL.M., New York University School of Law, 2011
  • J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2010
  • B.A., Loyola University New Orleans, 2006

Admissions

  • New York

Trevor R. Allen