Biography
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Experience:
- 8 Rivers Capital, LLC in its $100 million sale of a minority stake to SK Group (SK) and the formation of a joint venture with SK focused on the decarbonization of Korean and key Asian markets
- A major financial institution, as administrative agent, in a $1.5 billion senior unsecured 364-day revolving facility for Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (KDP) for general corporate purposes
- AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. in its $1.46 billion issuance of new second lien notes and subscription rights for first lien senior secured notes in exchange for various series of senior subordinated notes; $100 million issuance of senior secured notes; $600 million issuance of convertible first lien notes; amendment of its convertible notes indenture; and issuance of 5 million shares of Class A common stock as part of a backstop agreement with certain holders of the existing subordinated notes, to restructure its debt obligations and increase liquidity
- Avista Public Acquisition Corp. II, a SPAC sponsored by Avista Acquisition LP II (an affiliate of Avista Capital Holdings), in its $230 million initial public offering
- Basic Energy Services, Inc. in its acquisition of C&J Well Services
- Briggs & Stratton Corporation in its $550 million 363 asset sale in a chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding of substantially all of its assets and its equity interests in certain of its subsidiaries and certain joint ventures
- BroadStreet Partners, Inc. (a portfolio company of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan) in a second lien term facility
- Brooks Brothers Group, Inc. in its $325 million sale to SPARC Group LLC
- Campbell Soup Company in its $1 billion senior unsecured notes offering to reduce outstanding indebtedness
- Cardtronics plc in its $2.5 billion sale to NCR Corporation and $500 million new senior secured term and $600 million amended and restated multicurrency revolving facilities covering borrowers and guarantors in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Australia and South Africa
- CBAM in the sale of a portfolio of its assets to The Carlyle Group, in a transaction valued at approximately $800 million
- Certain funds advised by Goldman Sachs, as investor, in $175 million senior convertible preferred shares of Soho House Holdings Limited (Soho House) (a portfolio company of The Yucaipa Companies, LLC). In a simultaneous transaction, advised Goldman, as initial purchaser, in the $441 million issuance of senior secured notes by Soho House
- Citi, as the sole book-running manager, in the $309 million initial public offering of DHC Acquisition Corp., a SPAC sponsored by DHC Sponsor, LLC
- Citi, as sole underwriter, in the $305 million initial public offering of Kernel Group Holdings, Inc., a SPAC sponsored by Kernel Capital Holdings, LLC
- CPP Investments, together with Glencore and BCI, as shareholders, in Viterra Ltd.’s approximately $18 billion business combination with Bunge Ltd.; as a member of a consortium with Advent International and Permira Advisers, among others, in the consortium's over $14 billion take-private of McAfee Corporation; as a participant together with Alphabet and Silver Lake in the $2.5 billion investment in Waymo LLC (a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.); and, together with Oak Hill Capital Partners, in the recapitalization of Berlin Packaging L.L.C.
- Dave & Buster’s, Inc. in its $550 million 144A offering of senior secured notes
- Deep Lake Capital Acquisition Corp., a SPAC sponsored by Deep Lake Capital Sponsor LP, in its $207 million initial public offering
- Depop Limited in its $1.6 billion sale to Etsy, Inc.
- Dual North America, Inc., the specialist underwriting arm of Howden Group Holdings Limited (f/k/a Hyperion Insurance Group Limited), in its acquisition of Align Financial Holdings, LLC
- Elevate Entertainment Inc. (a portfolio company of Mirasol Capital) in its acquisition by tender offer of Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
- Froneri International Limited (a joint venture between Nestlé and PAI Partners) in its $4 billion acquisition of Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream Holdings, Inc.
- GameStop Corporation in its $415 million private senior secured notes exchange offer and related consent solicitation
- Goldman Sachs, as administrative agent, collateral agent, L/C issuer, joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner, in a $350 million term loan facility and $77 million revolving credit facility for Dye & Durham Corporation
- Goldman Sachs, as administrative agent and lead arranger, in $160 million senior secured facilities to finance Endurance Engineering Partners' acquisition of Westwood Professional Services, Inc.
- Goldman Sachs and certain other initial purchasers of $100 million senior secured first lien floating rate notes of Sotera Health LLC (a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus and GTCR) to finance Sotera's acquisition of Iotron Industries Canada Inc. and $770 million second lien floating rate notes of Sotera to refinance existing indebtedness
- iFIT Health & Fitness Inc. (a portfolio company of L Catterton) in its sale of Sweat Group Pty Ltd
- Isabel Marant (a portfolio company of Montefiore Investment) in its €200 million senior secured notes offering to refinance existing indebtedness
- The joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners in $2.8 billion senior secured facilities for The Hertz Corporation to finance its business operations upon emerging from chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings
- J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley, as representatives of the underwriters, in the $998 million initial public offering of Fluence Energy, Inc. (a joint venture of Siemens AG and AES Energy Storage)
- Kayne Anderson, as a lender, in $117 million secured facilities to finance TZP's acquisition of Christy Sports L.L.C.
- MC Credit Partners, as administrative agent, sole lead arranger and bookrunner, in senior secured facilities to finance Ardian's acquisition of Acousti Engineering Company of Florida
- Marquee Raine Acquisition Corp., a SPAC sponsored by an affiliate of The Raine Group LLC and Marquee Sports Holdings SPAC I, LLC, in its $1.2 billion business combination with Enjoy Technology, Inc.
- Morgan Stanley, as representative of the underwriters, in $1 billion and $650 million 144A/Reg S offerings of senior unsecured notes by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
- Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and Credit Suisse, as representatives of the underwriters, in the $1.6 billion initial public offering, via American Depositary Shares, of Oatly Group AB (a portfolio company of a joint venture between China Resources and Verlinvest)
- MSP Recovery, LLC in its $32.6 billion business combination with Lionheart Acquisition Corp. II, a SPAC sponsored by Lionheart Equities
- OMERS Private Equity Inc. in its $530 million senior term loan and revolving facilities for Auxey Bidco Limited
- Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, as an investor in Hawkwood Energy LLC, in the approximately $650 million sale of Hawkwood to WildFire Energy I LLC (a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus and Kayne Anderson)
- Orion Advisor Solutions, Inc. (a portfolio company of Genstar Capital and TA Associates) in an incremental senior secured term loan and revolving facility
- PSP Investments, together with EQT Active Core Infrastructure Fund (a fund managed by EQT AB), in its acquisition of Radius Global Infrastructure, Inc., in a transaction that implies a Radius Global Infrastructure enterprise value of approximately $3 billion and as lead co-investor in the business combination of Vistra Group Ltd with Tricor Group
- Px3 Partners in its acquisition of Filtration from Celeros Flow Technology
- Representative of the underwriters in a $1.5 billion 144A/Reg S offering of senior unsecured notes by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
- SiriusXM in its acquisitions of 99% Invisible Inc. and Cloud Cover Music
- SoftBank Group Corp. (SBG) in its agreement to provide $6.5 billion in debt and equity financing to WeWork, to make a $3 billion tender offer to holders of WeWork shares, other than SBG and its affiliates, and in connection with revisions to the WeWork governance structure
- Tidewater Inc. in its $125 million tender offer for repurchase of senior secured notes and related consent solicitation
- Vonage Holdings Corp. in its $6.2 billion sale to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
- York Holdings II Ltd and York Holdings III Ltd (owned by consortium CPP Investments, Blackstone, GIC Special Investments and Thomson Reuters) in its $2 billion sale of its minority stake in London Stock Exchange to Microsoft
Prior to joining Weil, Greg was a Principal at KPMG LLP in the Washington National Tax International M&A group. Prior to joining KPMG in 2010, Greg was an attorney at another major law firm.
Greg is recommended for International Tax by Legal 500 US. He is also recognized as a “Bankruptcy Tax Specialist” by Turnarounds & Workouts magazine. Greg frequently speaks on related subjects for groups including the D.C. Bar, Tax Executives Institute and the American Bar Association. He has also been published on a number of topics relating to both domestic and cross-border tax planning.
fAwards and Recognition, Latest Thinking, Firm News & Announcements
Awards and Recognition
- Greg Featherman Recommended for International Tax Award Brief — Legal 500 US
- Greg Featherman Named a “Bankruptcy Tax Specialist” Award Brief — Turnarounds & Workouts
Latest Thinking
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Moore of the Same: “The Constitution does not require Fiscal Calamity…” The Supreme Court’s Scathing Rejection of the Moores’ Constitutional Tax Challenge
Blog Post — Tax Blog
— By
Devon Bodoh,
Greg Featherman,
Grant Solomon and
Theo Agbi
— June 21, 2024
On June 20, 2024, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Moore v. United States, ruling 7-2 that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’s mandatory repatriation tax under Section 965 of the Internal Revenue Code does not violate the Direct Tax Clause of the Constitution. Congress enacted the MRT as part of the TCJA’s shift to a more territorial tax system. ...
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IRS Issues Final Regulations for Foreign Investment in Qualified Investment Entities (REITs and RICs)
Blog Post — Tax Blog
— By
Devon Bodoh,
Greg Featherman and
Jonathan Vita
— April 29, 2024
On April 24, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and Treasury Department issued final regulations (T.D. 9992) under section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code,” and such final regulations, the “Final Regulations”) detailing, among other things, whether a qualified investment entity (“QIE”) is domestically controlled for purposes of section 897(h)(2) of the Code (the “DC-QIE Exception”), and providing much needed clarification regarding the proper classification of qualified foreign pension funds (“QFPFs”) and entities wholly owned by one or more QFPFs (“QCEs”) for purposes of the DC-QIE Exception. ...
- Corporate Tax 2024 — USA: Law & Practice Publication — Chambers Global Practice Guides — By Devon Bodoh, Greg Featherman, Joseph M. Pari, Alex P Dobyan and Grant Solomon — PDF — April 15, 2024
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Proposed Treasury Regulations Update Tax Standards for Bad Debt Deductions by Regulated Financial Companies
Blog Post — Tax Blog
— By
Devon Bodoh,
Stuart J. Goldring and
Greg Featherman
— January 05, 2024
On December 28, 2023, the U.S. Treasury Department (“Treasury“) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS“) issued proposed regulations (REG-121010-17) updating the standards for when a debt instrument held by a regulated financial company or a member of a regulated financial company group will be conclusively presumed to be worthless for U.S. federal income tax purposes
The post Proposed Treasury Regulations Update Tax Standards for Bad Debt Deductions by Regulated Financial Companies appeared first on Weil Tax BLOG.
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Notice 2024-16: Guidance Allowing for Basis Adjustments to CFC Stock Transferred in Inbound Nonrecognition Transactions
Blog Post — Tax Blog
— By
Devon Bodoh,
Greg Featherman,
Theo Agbi and
Marvin Zanders
— January 04, 2024
On December 28, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service released Notice 2024-16 announcing the intent of the Treasury Department and the IRS to issue proposed regulations addressing basis consequences under Section 961(c)[1] relating to certain inbound liquidations and asset reorganizations whereby a U.S. corporation acquires from a first-tier controlled foreign corporation all the stock of a second-tier controlled foreign corporation. ...
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Advises on €1.15B High Yield Offering by Bertrand Franchise Deal Brief — June 13, 2024
- Weil Lawyers Named to 2023 Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll Firm Announcement — June 03, 2024