Biography
Jonathan Vita is an associate in Weil’s Tax Department and is based in Miami. Jonathan participates in the representation of Firm clients with respect to the tax aspects of a wide range of corporate, restructuring and private equity transactions.
Jonathan has been part of the teams advising:
- Cano Health, Inc. $150 million debt-in-possession senior secured term loan facility during the pendency of the Borrower’s and its subsidiaries’ Chapter 11 cases
- CIIG Merger Corp II in connection with its merger with Zapp Electric Vehicles
- Everstream Solutions LLC (a portfolio company of Infrabridge) in sale of its all-fiber network in the St. Louis metropolitan area
- Giant Eagle, Inc. in its sale of GetGo Café + Market Stores
- KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC, as lender, in a superpriority debtor-in-possession term loan facility for Accuride Corporation (a portfolio company of Crestview Partners)
- The Mark Anthony Group in connection with the formation of the Más+ by Messi hydration beverage business, an international product venture with Lionel Messi, including related equity and licensing arrangements
- PSP Investments in its take private of Radius Global Infrastructure, Inc.
- Signet Group Limited in its $1.2 billion senior secured asset based revolving facility
Prior to joining Weil, Jonathan was an associate at another law firm and an intern at the Internal Revenue Service, Office of Chief Counsel.
Jonathan received his LL.M. from New York University School of Law, his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where he received Book Awards in Federal Income Tax Law, Secured Transactions, Property Law and Constitutional Law, and his B.S. from Florida International University.
Latest Thinking, Firm News & Announcements
Latest Thinking
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IRS Issues Final Regulations for Foreign Investment in Qualified Investment Entities (REITs and RICs)
Blog Post — Tax Blog
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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. ...
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IRS Issues Guidance on Foreign Tax Credit and Global Minimum Tax
Blog Post — Tax Blog
— By
Devon Bodoh,
Greg Featherman,
Jonathan Vita and
Theo Agbi
— December 21, 2023
On December 11, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service released Notice 2023-80 establishing the intentions of the Treasury Department and the IRS to issue proposed regulations addressing the application of the foreign tax credit rules and dual consolidated loss rules with respect to certain taxes under the Pillar Two global anti-base erosion rules. ...
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Advises Giant Eagle, Inc. in the Sale of GetGo Café + Market Stores to Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. Deal Brief — August 19, 2024