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    David C. Spitzer

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    David Spitzer is a partner in Sullivan & Cromwell’s Tax and Executive Compensation Groups. He works with both domestic and international clients on M&A, insurance, real estate, securities issuances and partnership transactions.

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    Experience

    Experience

    Transactions on which Mr. Spitzer has provided tax advice include:

    • ACE Limited in its acquisition of The Chubb Corporation
    • Ares Management LLC and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board in the acquisition by their affiliated funds of CPG International Inc.
    • Billabong International Limited in the sale of its 51.5% interest in Nixon Inc. to an investor group including Trilantic Capital Partners and senior management of Nixon
    • Bucyrus International in its acquisition by Caterpillar

    • Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) in its acquisition of NYSE Euronext
    • Microsoft Corporation as provider of a $2 billion loan to the group that will take Dell Inc. private
    • Borealis Infrastructure Management Inc., the infrastructure investment arm of the OMERS pension plan, and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board in the sale of the Express Pipeline System to Spectra Energy Corp.
    • Apollo Management in its acquisition of Brit Insurance
    • Apollo Management in its acquisition of Citi Property Investors
    • Lightyear Capital in its sale of The Nau Group to QBE Insurance Group
    • Sempra Energy in its sale to J.P. Morgan Ventures Energy Corporation of the global metals and oil as well as the European power and gas businesses of its RBS-Sempra global commodities joint venture
    • World Color Press in its acquisition by Quad/Graphics
    • Bucyrus International in its acquisition of Terex’s mining equipment business
    • Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group in its investment in Morgan Stanley and related transactions and the acquisition of UnionBanCal
    • Allianz SE in its investment in Hartford Financial Services Group
    • Commonwealth Annuity in its acquisitions of First Allmerica and Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Companies
    • InterContinental Exchange in its acquisition of the Creditex Group
    • Constellation Energy Group in the sale of its gas trading business
    • Lightyear Capital in its establishment of a Lloyd’s syndicate to acquire the London market insurance portfolio of Württ AG
    • Various acquisitions and dispositions by Goldman Sachs Whitehall Funds, Goldman Sachs Developing Markets Funds and Goldman Sachs Infrastructure Funds
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    Rankings and Recognitions

    Rankings and Recognitions

    • New York Super Lawyers (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
    • The Legal 500 United States, Vol. IV (2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2017)
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    News

    News

    • S&C Advises DISH Network in Merger Agreement with EchoStar

      August 24, 2023
    • S&C Advises American Equity Investment Life on $4.3 Billion Acquisition by Brookfield Reinsurance

      July 19, 2023
    • S&C Advises Great-West Lifeco on Up To $1.8 Billion Sale of Putnam Investments

      June 6, 2023
    • S&C Advises New York Community Bancorp Subsidiary Flagstar Bank in Acquisition of Assets and Liabilities from Signature Bridge Bank

      March 22, 2023
    • S&C Advises Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group as It Completes Sale of MUFG Union Bank to U.S. Bancorp

      December 8, 2022
    • S&C Advises Sumitovant Biopharma and Sumitomo Pharma in $2.9 Billion Myovant Sciences Deal

      October 28, 2022
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    Publications, Videos and Podcasts

    Publications, Videos and Podcasts

    • Global Tax Implications

      Webinars April 8, 2020
    • Critical Labor and Employment Insights

      Webinars April 7, 2020
    • Ari Blaut, David Spitzer and Benjamin Kent Co-author The M&A Lawyer Article on Preferred Equity in Acquisition Finance

      Articles February 2018
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    Credentials

    Credentials

    Education

    • Harvard Law School, J.D., 1995
    • Queens College, City University of New York, B.A., 1992

    Bar Admissions

    • New York
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    Related Practices

    • Tax
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Energy Transition
    • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
    • Executive Compensation
    • Financial Services
    • General Practice
    • Infrastructure
    • Insurance
    • Investment Management
    • Private Equity
    • REITs
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