Bio

Abraham Reshtick advises strategic businesses and private equity and hedge funds and their portfolio companies on structuring and tax-optimizing domestic and cross-border transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, tax-free spinoffs, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, and other strategic combinations as well as debt financing, capital markets transactions and financial restructurings. Avi advises private equity and venture capital funds as well as strategic clients on tax structuring considerations relating to acquisition, combination and disposition of private and public, domestic and foreign portfolio companies, and related financing arrangements. Avi has extensive experience handling complex tax considerations in high-stakes in-court and out-of-court restructurings and workouts on behalf of creditors’ committees, bondholders and companies. His tax restructuring experience spans more than two decades and multiple industries, including with companies Enron, Winn Dixie, Edison Mission, Optim Energy, Energy & Exploration Partners, Purdue Pharma, Mallinckrodt, LATAM Airlines, Endo International and Diamond Sports Group. Avi has significant experience advising U.S. and foreign issuers and underwrites on tax considerations relating to the issuance, redemption and exchange of publicly traded and privately issued debt and equity instruments including UP-C IPO structures. In addition, he advises SPACs and target companies on tax implications relating to domestic and cross-border business combinations. Avi also advises SPAC sponsors on structuring considerations relating to the formation of SPACs, their IPOs and de-SPAC transactions. Avi advises private investment funds on fund formation matters including tax optimization of investment in portfolio companies, loan origination and distressed debt including for foreign, tax-exempt and sovereign wealth fund investors. He also advises on the formation of investment managers and the structuring of real estate investments. In addition, Avi advises financial sponsors, family offices and individuals on their investments in U.S. joint ventures and real estate projects. Co-chair of the firm’s Israel practice, Avi draws on his extensive network in Israel and his firsthand familiarity with and understanding of its business and legal ecosystem, advising Israeli entities that are operating, investing or accessing capital in the United States.