Raymond J. Holst

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Prior to joining the firm, Ray was a partner in the Business & Real Estate Taxation and Corporate/Business practice areas at Meltzer Lippe. Before that, he was a sole practitioner practicing tax, trusts & estates, and corporate law. He practiced tax law in the New York City office of Latham & Watkins LLP and the New York City and London offices of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. Ray also worked in the Tax Counsel Group of Morgan Stanley where he provided tax advice to a wide range of business units, including the principal investments, capital markets, investment banking, bank resource management (securities lending and repurchase transactions), securitized products, and wealth management groups.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

• Represented Aer Lingus in $1.5 billion IPO
• Represented underwriters in ICBC $19 billion IPO
• Represented underwriters in China Merchants Bank $2.4 billion IPO
• Represented Aetna in its $535 million purchase of Schaller Anderson
• Represented Morgan Stanley in its Section 355 spinoff of Discover Financial Services
• Represented Campbell Soup in its $850 million sale of Godiva Chocolate to Yildiz
• Represented BMG in the breakup of SONY/BMG joint venture
• Represented Morgan Stanley in its IPO of MSCI (then a subsidiary)
• Represented Pepsi in its $6 billion purchase of two main bottlers
• Represented Artio Global in its $650 million IPO (then a subsidiary of Julius Baer)
• Represented Rolta in its $200 million debt exchange
• Represented a Hedge Fund in its Stock Loan/871(m) appeal in front of the IRS
• Represented underwriters in Softbank’s $8.9 billion offering of Alibaba mandatory exchangeables

WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID

“I just want to say thank you for all your help and advice on the 351 exchange over the past several months. We truly could not have accomplished this without you. You consistently went above and beyond—always responsive, flexible, and knowledgeable. You have truly been an outstanding partner to work with.

Thank you very much for helping us achieve a successful launch.” – Laura Graff, Head of Product Strategy