2 new tax partners at Skadden Arps
Steven J. Matays in New York
Sean M. Shimamoto in Washington DC
Sean Shimamoto represents major corporations and private equity funds on a wide range of U.S. federal income tax matters, including mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, spin-offs, restructurings, debt and equity offerings and joint ventures.
Mr. Shimamoto also advises clients in the energy sector on tax matters involving the structuring, development, acquisition and/or disposition of renewable energy projects including solar, geothermal and wind projects and the related project financing including the monetization of tax credits associated with such projects.
In recent years, Mr. Shimamoto has worked on matters for The AES Corporation, Airtricity Holdings, Limited, ArcLight Capital Partners, Babcock & Brown Holdings Inc., CIGNA Corporation, Citigroup Inc., Duke Energy Corporation, Edison Mission Energy, EMC Corporation, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Macquarie Bank Ltd., Nabors Industries, Ltd., National Grid USA, NRG Energy, Inc., NTR Plc, NV Energy, Inc., Reliant Energy Inc., Royal Group Inc., PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc., State Street Bank & Trust, TECO Energy, Inc., Terra-Gen Power, LLC and Textron, Inc.
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