Alan Kravitz

Alan Kravitz focuses his practice on the tax aspects of domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and structured finance. He has deep experience in aviation finance and equipment finance transactions, in which he has provided tax advice to underwriters, issuers, lenders and other involved parties. He assists companies and funds with tax matters relating to the acquisition and disposition of subsidiaries and portfolio companies, both domestic and multinational, with a particular focus on the media and technology, telecommunications and transport and logistics sectors. He also advises sponsors on tax considerations relating to the formation and structure of private equity funds.

• Representation of Griffin Global Asset Management $1 billion senior unsecured notes offering
• Representation of Newhouse family-owned media company Advance Publications Inc. and its portfolio company 1010data, a provider of enterprise analytics, in the sale of 1010data to SymphonyAI
• Representation of The Madison Square Garden Company in its purchase of a controlling stake in Counter Logic Gaming (owner of several competitive esports teams)
• Representation of Griffin Global Asset Management and Bain Capital Credit in their investment in Arajet, the “flag carrier” of the Dominican Republic
• Representation of CF Acquisition Corp. V, a SPAC backed by New York investment firm Cantor Fitzgerald, in a $850 million IPO merger with Satellogic that took the satellite earth imagery provider public
• Representation of Hawaiian Airlines Inc. in connection with a $262 million offering of enhanced equipment trust certificates (EETC) secured by eight Airbus aircraft
• Representation of Bluestar Alliance and affiliates in connection with the acquisition of Hurley International from Nike
• Representation of global information technology company Wipro in its acquisition of International TechneGroup, a global digital engineering and manufacturing solutions company
• Representation of Mizuho Securities USA in a $529 million asset-backed securitization for Irish aircraft lessor Goshawk Aviation
• Representation of Wipro in connection with the sale of its human resources management business to Blackstone Group-owned Alight Solutions
• Representation of Mizuho Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, PNC Bank, Barclays Bank, MUFG Bank, The Bank of Nova Scotia and Citibank as joint lead arrangers in connection with a $1 billion 364-day term loan credit facility and a $500 million two-year term loan credit facility for FirstEnergy Corp.
• Representation of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, New York Branch, as administrative agent, letter of credit issuing bank and lender, in a $30 million revolving credit and letter of credit facility for GenConn Energy LLC
• Representation of MUFG Union Bank N.A. as administrative agent and syndication agent in connection with a refinancing of an existing senior unsecured revolving credit and letter of credit facility for El Paso Electric Company
• Representation of BNP Paribas Securities Corp. in connection with a $189 million aircraft asset-backed securitization (ABS) for Vx Capital Partners, a cargo aircraft management and leasing firm
• Representation of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, DekaBank, Deutsche Girozentrale Standard Chartered Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. in connection with a $620.9 million senior loan financing for Delta Air Lines Inc.
• Representation of Hawaiian Airlines Inc. in connection with a $235 million revolving credit and letter of credit facility provided by a syndicate of banks
• Representation of Bank of America as facility agent, structuring agent and joint lead arranger in connection with a $300 million aircraft warehouse facility for a new joint venture leasing vehicle established by Elliot Management and SkyWorks Leasing, an aircraft management services company
• Representation of China Minsheng Investment on its approximately $2.2 billion purchase of Sirius International Insurance Group from White Mountains Insurance Group
• Representation of Geodis SA, a supply chain operator based in France, on its acquisition of Ozburn-Hessey Logistics from private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
• Representation of a number of airlines and other aircraft owners on U.S. tax structuring for aircraft securitization transactions, including an inaugural issuance of Enhanced Equipment Trust Certificates by LATAM Airlines Group, S.A.