Rene de Vera is a partner in the Chicago office of Latham & Watkins and is a member of the Tax Department. Rene's practice focuses on transactional tax matters, including advising:
Domestic and international private and public companies in mergers, acquisitions, and carve-out transactions
Issuers and underwriters in private and public securities offerings
Multinational companies in domestic and cross-border tax planning
Financial institutions and borrowers in bankruptcies and out-of-court restructurings
Developers and financial institutions in tax equity financing of renewable energy projects
Prior to entering the practice of law, Rene cooked professionally in Chicago and worked as a management consultant with Mercer Management Consulting (now Oliver Wyman).
Experience
Rene's recent experience includes advising:
Bass Pro Shops in its acquisition of Cabela’s Incorporated
Emerson Electric in the sale of its Leroy-Somer and Control Techniques business to Nidec Corporation
Sirona Dental in an all-stock tax-free merger of equals with DENSTPLY International Inc.
Consonance Capital Partners in its acquisition of Orsini Pharmaceutical Services
Various Pritzker Family Business Interests, including the acquisition of KPB Investments, Hargray Communications and TMS International Corp.
Hyatt Hotels in the sale of Hyatt Residential Group business
Chaparral Energy in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization
Shake Shack in its “Up-C”-structured initial public offering
Illinois Tool Works in the sale of its Industrial Packaging segment to the Carlyle Group and its acquisition of the Engineered Fasteners and Components business of ZF TRW
DE Shaw Renewable Investments in its acquisition and development of various renewable energy projects, including Balko and Block Island wind farms
ArcLight Capital in the acquisition and sale of its Leeward Renewable Energy wind farm portfolio
Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores SA in its acquisition of the Colombian pension business of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA
Qualifications
Bar Qualification
Illinois
Education
JD, University of Chicago Law School, 2008 with honors
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