Avishai Shachar

Partner

avishai.shachar@davispolk.com

Mr. Shachar is the head of Davis Polk’s Tax Department. He practices primarily in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, spinoffs, and financial products.

Contact

New York
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
P: 212-450-4638
F: 212-701-5638

Related Practices

Bar Admissions

State of New York

Education

LL.B., University of Tel Aviv, The Buchmann Faculty of Law, 1980
- magna cum laude
S.J.D., Harvard Law School, 1984

Languages

Hebrew

Work Highlights

Mr. Shachar has advised on:

The merger and the unique capital structure of SmithKline Beecham
The spinoff of YUM! Brands from Pepsi
The splitoff of Abercrombie & Fitch from The Limited
The spinoff of Visteon from Ford
The spinoff of Discover from Morgan Stanley
Separation and public offering of Pepsi Bottlers Group from PepsiCo
PepsiCo’s acquisition of Quaker Oats
Burlington Northern’s acquisition of Santa Fe Pacific
Texaco’s merger with Chevron
Comcast’s sale of QVC, its restructuring of Time Warner Entertainment and its acquisitions of cable assets from Adelphia and AT&T
Comcast’s acquisition of a 51% controlling interest in NBC
A variety of transactions for Citigroup, including the MSSB joint venture
PepsiCo’s acquisition of Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods
PepsiCo’s acquisition of its two largest anchor bottlers

Recognition

Listed as a leading lawyer in several legal industry publications, including:

Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business
Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
Practical Law Company’s Cross-border Tax on Corporate Transactions Handbook
Law Business Research’s Who’s Who Legal–International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers and Who’s Who Legal–International Who’s Who of Corporate Tax Lawyers
Legalease’s The Legal 500 (United States) and Tax Directors Handbook
American Lawyer Media’s Corporate Counsel: Best Lawyers Annual Guide to Tax Law

Professional History

Partner, 1987-present
Associate, 1983-1987

News

Davis Polk Advises NEC on Its Acquisition of Convergys’ Information Management Business

Davis Polk Advises PepsiCo, Inc. on Its $2.75 Billion Notes Offering

Davis Polk Advises Comcast on the Sale of Advanced Wireless Spectrum to Verizon Wireless

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Publications

1985

The Importance of Considering Liabilities in Tax Transitions | 98 Harvard Law Reivew 1842

1984

From Income to Consumption Tax: Criteria for Rules of Transition | 97 Harv. L. Rev. 1581

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