Corey M. Goodman
Advises U.S. and international corporations, financial institutions and private equity sponsors on the tax aspects of major transactions.
Corey advises corporations and private equity firms on a broad spectrum of federal income tax matters, including U.S. and international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, spinoffs, bankruptcy reorganizations, refinancings, and cross-border and internal restructurings.
He is recognized by Chambers USA, where clients describe him as “a brilliant legal mind with an encyclopedic knowledge of the tax code and regulations.” Clients note that Corey “negotiates zealously for his clients, spots issues that others miss and identifies creative solutions.”
Experience
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Emerson’s:
- $17.5 billion sale of Climate Technologies to Blackstone
- $15.3 billion acquisition of AspenTech
- CoreWeave’s:
- $9 billion acquisition of Core Scientific
- acquisition of Weights and Biases
- Nippon Paint Holdings’ $2.3 billion acquisiton of AOC
- Alcoa’s $2.2 billion acquisition of Alumina
- SS&C Technologies’ $1 billion acquisition of Calastone
- StoneX Group’s $900 million acquisition of R.J. O’Brien & Associates
- First Eagle Investments’ majority investment from Genstar Capital
- Siemens’ acquisition of Trayer Engineering
Financial Institutions
- SouthState’s $2 billion acquisition of Independent Bank Group
- Atlantic Union Bankshares’ $1.6 billion acquisition of Sandy Spring Bancorp
- American Savings Bank’s $405 million acquisition by an investor
- Creditors on SVB Financial Group’s chapter 11 plan
Restructuring and Financings
- MSG Networks’ comprehensive out-of-court debt restructuring
- Azul’s chapter 11 filing and DIP financing
- First Mode’s chapter 11 filing and global wind-down
- Big Lots’ chapter 11 filing, DIP financing and stalking horse APA
- Fisker’s chapter 11 plan
- TPG Angelo Gordon’s debt and equity financing to DISH DBS Issuer
- Advised Golub Capital as a lender in various transactions
- Advised creditors to AES, Air Methods, Airspan, Circle Graphics, Mallinckrodt, Plenty, Pluralsight, Reaction Biology, Samarco Mineração, SEKO and Veritas Technologies on restructurings
Private Equity
- Brookfield Business Partners’ $16 billion acquisition of Nielsen
- GHK’s acquisition of Auveco
- One Equity Partners’ acquisition of Barnes Group
- Astorg’s acquisition of OPEN Health
- TPG’s $1 billion IPO
- 26North and Glenn August’s minority investments in Cantor Fitzgerald
Capital Markets
- Advised on offerings by Atlantic Union Bankshares, Aura Minerals, Cintas, Cactus, Sabre, SS&C Technologies, StoneX, Tyson Foods and Visa
Corey’s representations before joining Davis Polk include:
- American Tower’s $3.5 billion acquisition of InSite Wireless
- McCormick & Co.’s acquisitions of Cholula Hot Sauce and Reckitt Benckiser’s food business
- Google’s
- reorganization into Alphabet and matters pertaining to its Other Bets division
- acquisitions of Fitbit and Looker Data Sciences
- agreement with HTC
- sale of its mobile device business
- Warburg Pincus in various transactions
Insights
News
Recognition
Chambers USA – Tax, New York
Legal 500 U.S. – US Taxes: Non-Contentious, Next Generation Partner
Legal 500 U.S. – Tax: Financial Products, Next Generation Partner
Legal 500 U.S. – International Tax, Next Generation Partner
Law 360 – “Rising Star: Tax,” 2016
Education
Prior experience
- Partner, Cleary Gottlieb, 2016-2021
- Associate, Cleary Gottlieb, 2007-2015
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York