Peter Connors

Peter Connors, a tax partner in the New York office, focuses his practice on cross-border transactions. He also has extensive experience in related areas of tax law, including financial transactions, corporate reorganizations, renewable energy investments and controversy matters. He also leads the Orrick's Section 45Q practice relating to the tax credit for carbon capture and sequestration.

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  Peter's Representative Transactions

  • Representation of Waimana Hydrogen in connection with formation, collaboration agreement and Series A Preferred Stock Offering.
  • Representation of owner of carbon capture equipment in connection with joint venture with corporate investor.
  • Served as co-author of White Paper for United States Energy Association, an affiliate of the Department of Energy, on implementation of carbon capture and sequestration strategies.
  • Co-counsel on amicus briefs submitted to Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit in Altera Corp. v Commissioner.
  • Counsel of record on amicus brief on behalf of the American College of Tax Counsel submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court in Rodriquez v. FDIC involving the consequences of tax sharing agreements in bankruptcy proceedings.
  • Counsel of record on amicus brief on behalf of the American College of Tax Counsel submitted to the Fifth Circuit in Haynes v. United States regarding penalty assertion arising from the use of tax preparation software.
  • Representation of Carestream Dental in connection with intellectual property realignment following spin off from Carestream Health.
  • Representation of Solarlytics in connection with worldwide restructuring of intellectual property.
  • Representation of W.W. Grainger in connection with intellectual property restructuring initiative.
  • Representation of Dover Corporation in connection with Competent Authority proceeding.
  • Representation of numerous individuals in connection with Offshore Account Voluntary Disclosure submissions.
  • Representation of Naturex in connection with acquisition of Decas.
  • Representation of Naturex in connection with acquisition of Natraceuticals Group worldwide assets.
  • Representation of U.S. insurance company in connection with implementation of FATCA.
  • Representation of numerous Asian companies in connection with 144A transactions listed on Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
  • Provide structuring advice to private equity group in connection with formation of Kenyan company.
  • Provide advice to European-based financial institution on proprietary option transactions.
  • Provide disclosure and opinions to European-based issuer on its registered structured note program.
  • Representation of company in connection with Tax Court proceeding.
  • Representation of public company in connection with IRS controversy.
  • Representation of First Marblehead in connection with sale of assets.
  • Representation of Alabama Retirement Fund in connection with its investment in U.S. Air.
  • Representation of Matlin-Patterson in connection with investment in Huntsman Chemicals.