Jeffrey B. Samuels

Co-Chair of the Tax Department at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Jeffrey B. Samuels

Jeffrey B. Samuels

Co-Chair of the Tax Department at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Biography

A partner and Co-Chair Emeritus of the Tax Department, Jeff Samuels has a practice that covers a broad range of complex international and domestic transactions, including public and private M&A, spin-offs, the organization of and structuring of transactions for investment funds, and partnership and joint venture transactions.

EXPERIENCE

Jeff’s representative clients include Kraft-Heinz, Honeywell, Ingersoll-Rand, Qualcomm, Nuance Communications, Restaurant Brands International, Citigroup, ADP, Imagine Entertainment, MacAndrews & Forbes, and Virgin Group.

Jeff has been recognized as a leader in tax law in the 2005-2019 editions of Chambers USA, the 2019 edition of Chambers Global, the 2007-2019 editions of The Legal 500 and the 2006-2019 editions of The Best Lawyers in America. In 2014, Jeff was named a Law360 Tax MVP of the year and the Tax Department was selected as Practice Group of the Year. According to Chambers USA clients say, “[Jeff] really understands all aspects of tax law, whether it be general corporate tax issues, M&A tax issues, cross-border issues; he really has the ability to help analyze and structure transactions, taking into account all the complexities on the tax side.” The Legal 500 noted that clients appreciate his “seasoned judgment.” Jeff is also the author of the U.S. chapters of The International Comparative Legal Guide to Corporate Tax 2014 and of Real Estate Investment Trusts: A Global Analysis.

Jeff is a member of the New York State and City Bar Associations. He was on the staff of the New York University Annual Survey of American Law and has a Ph.D. in English Literature from Columbia University, where he taught for several years prior to law school.

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Number of Awards

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Lawrence I. Witdorchic

Partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

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Robert B. Schumer

Partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

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William J. O'Brien

General Counsel at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

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Claudine Meredith-Goujon

Partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

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Charles H. Googe, Jr.

Partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

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Partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

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Partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

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Partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

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Partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

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Counsel at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

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In The News

The Deal Pipeline

July 13, 2016

WME-IMG tackles UFC in $4B deal

The Deal Pipeline

February 11, 2016

Ron Howard's Imagine Entertainment gets new cash infusion

PR Newswire

September 30, 2015

Chef Marcus Samuelsson And Mark Weiss Named Board Co-Chairmen Of Careers Through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP)

Legal Week

July 13, 2015

Slaughter and May and Linklaters lead on $2bn chemical company deal

Legal Week

August 27, 2014

Wachtell, KE and Paul Weiss help serve up Burger King's $11.4bn coffee deal

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Jeffrey B. Samuels

Co-Chair of the Tax Department at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Education

JD

Class of 1981

New York University - School of Law

Founded in 1835, New York University School of Law has a record of academic excellence and national scholarly influence. One of the first law schools to admit women, it has been long committed to welcoming students of diverse backgrounds, people who had been discriminated against by many other institutions. Located on the University's campus in Greenwich Village, NYU Law has been a leader, and continues to be, in areas such as law and business, clinical education, public service, interdisciplinary colloquia and global studies.

MPhil

Class of 1978

Columbia University

Columbia University is one of the world's most important centers of research and at the same time a distinctive and distinguished learning environment for undergraduates and graduate students in many scholarly and professional fields. The University recognizes the importance of its location in New York City and seeks to link its research and teaching to the vast resources of a great metropolis. It seeks to attract a diverse and international faculty and student body, to support research and teaching on global issues, and to create academic relationships with many countries and regions. It expects all areas of the university to advance knowledge and learning at the highest level and to convey the products of its efforts to the world.

BA, cum laude

Class of 1972

Cornell University

Cornell is a privately endowed research university and a partner of the State University of New York. As the federal land-grant institution in New York State, they have a responsibility—unique within the Ivy League—to make contributions in all fields of knowledge in a manner that prioritizes public engagement to help improve the quality of life in our state, the nation, the world.

Memberships

Member

Current

New York State Bar Association

The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) is a voluntary bar association for the state of New York. NYSBA was founded in 1877 with the stated goal to cultivate the science of jurisprudence; to promote reform in the law; to facilitate the administration of justice, and to elevate the standards of integrity, honor, professional skill, and courtesy in the legal profession. Its first President was David B. Hill. Among the reforms in the legislation signed into law creating the association was the removal of the restrictions on the admission of women to the practice of law. In 1896, NYSBA proposed the first global means for settling disputes among nations, what is now called the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague.

Member

Current

New York City Bar Association

The Association of the Bar of the City of New York is a voluntary association of lawyers and law students. The organization was founded in 1870 and it is headquartered in New York, NY.

Member

Prior

New York University Annual Survey of American Law

Career History

Faculty Member

Prior

Columbia University

Columbia University is one of the world's most important centers of research and at the same time a distinctive and distinguished learning environment for undergraduates and graduate students in many scholarly and professional fields. The University recognizes the importance of its location in New York City and seeks to link its research and teaching to the vast resources of a great metropolis. It seeks to attract a diverse and international faculty and student body, to support research and teaching on global issues, and to create academic relationships with many countries and regions. It expects all areas of the university to advance knowledge and learning at the highest level and to convey the products of its efforts to the world.

Co-Chair of the Tax Department

Current

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP is a law firm that serve as counsel to companies and investment funds. They have expertise in the areas of bankruptcy and corporate reorganization, employee benefits and executive compensation, intellectual property, personal representation, real estate and tax law. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Boards & Committees

Member, Management Committee

Current

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP is a law firm that serve as counsel to companies and investment funds. They have expertise in the areas of bankruptcy and corporate reorganization, employee benefits and executive compensation, intellectual property, personal representation, real estate and tax law. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Co-Vice Chair, National Board of Directors

Current

Careers Through Culinary Arts Program

Careers through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP) is a national nonprofit organization founded in 1990 by well-known culinary educator and author, Richard Grausman. (C-CAP) works with public schools across the country to prepare underserved high school students for college and career opportunities in the restaurant and hospitality industry.

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$5,000 - $10K

2013

Careers Through Culinary Arts Program

Careers through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP) is a national nonprofit organization founded in 1990 by well-known culinary educator and author, Richard Grausman. (C-CAP) works with public schools across the country to prepare underserved high school students for college and career opportunities in the restaurant and hospitality industry.

Political Donations

$1,000

2018

Krysten Sinema

Senator at Office of the senator from Arizona, Kyrsten Sinema

$2,700

2018

Cory Booker

Senator from New Jersey

$1,000

2017

Chris Murphy

Senator from Connecticut

Transactions

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Chevron Corp. purchases Noble Energy, Inc.

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Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. purchases Ingersoll-Rand Plc /Industrial Segment from Trane Technologies Plc

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International Business Machines Corporation purchases Red Hat, Inc.

Awards & Honors

2012

Chambers and Partners - Chambers USA : America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Tax Law

2012

The Legal 500 United States - Tax Law

2012

Best Lawyers - Best Lawyers in America, Tax Law

Creative Works

Contributing Author

The International Comparative Legal Guide to Corporate Tax 2008

Author

Real Estate Investment Trusts: A Global Analysis

Other Affiliations

Jeffrey B. Samuels is affiliated with Columbia University, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Careers Through Culinary Arts Program

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