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Gary Silber

Partner, Tax Department

garysilber@paulhastings.com

New York

Phone: +1-212-318-6021
Fax: +1-212-303-7021

Overview

Gary Silber is a partner in the Tax practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm''s New York office. He represents clients in a wide range of tax matters in relation to corporate transactions, partnerships and joint ventures. His practice focuses on U.S. and global tax matters related to bankruptcies, taxable and tax-free mergers and acquisitions, capital market offerings and financings. The nature of his work has allowed him to become adept not only in handling a large variety of transactional and tax matters but also in handling those matters across a range of industries.

Past clients include utilities, pharmaceutical companies, sports franchises, real estate developers, financial services providers and private equity groups.

Accolades

  • Tax, Chambers USA

Education

  • Columbia University School of Law, J.D., 2010
  • New York University School of Law, LL.M. in Taxation, 2011
  • Touro College, B.A. (summa cum laude), 2006

Representations

  • Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of FTX in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy. 
  • Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of WeWork in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
  • Ad hoc group of first lien lenders in Franchise Group Chapter 11 bankruptcy exit.
  • Crestline investors in $225 million debt financing for The Nordam Group.
  • The bondholders in confirmed Spirit Airlines Chapter 11 bankruptcy exit.
  • Altisource Portfolio Solutions on restructuring and term loan extension.
  • Ad hoc group of term lenders and DIP lenders in the restructuring of The Container Store.
  • Ad hoc crossholder group in $8.8 billion restructuring of Diamond Sports Group.
  • New York City Football Club on the ground leasing and construction financing for its new stadium, Etihad Park.
  • EVO Transportation in West Side Transport acquisition.
  • Semperis on growth financing.
  • CWT US, LLC in agreement to be acquired by global business travel group in $570 million transaction.
  • Lenders on $1.2 billion restructuring of PREIT.
  • Ad hoc group of noteholders of AYR.
  • Priority lenders on Travelport’s $4.3+ billion recapitalization and equity financing.
  • PG&E and Pacific Gas and Electric in their Chapter 11 cases. PG&E has approximately 16,000,000 customers, 24,000 employees and estimated liabilities (including contingent and disputed liabilities) in excess of $50 billion.
  • Blackstone in its acquisition of Certified Collectibles Group and its investment in Hotwire Communications.
  • Providence Equity Partners in its acquisition of a majority stake in 365 Retail Markets.
  • SoftBank Vision Fund, together with Toyota Motor Corporation and DENSO Corporation, in a $1 billion investment in the Advanced Technologies Group of Uber Technologies.
  • 24 Hour Fitness Worldwide Inc. in its Chapter 11 restructuring.
  • Fairway Group Holdings, the parent company of Fairway Market, in its sales in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding of five stores and its distribution center to Village Super Market, of three stores to Bogopa Enterprises (the owner of Food Bazaar), of one store to a Key Food Stores Cooperative member and of two real estate leases to Amazon Retail.
  • CVC in its acquisition of a significant minority stake in CFGI, in a transaction that valued CFGI at $1.9 billion.
  • Oak Hill Capital and its portfolio company Galway Insurance Holdings, a holding company for EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, and JenCap Holdings LLC in, together with The Carlyle Group, the sale of a majority stake in Galway to Harvest Partners, with Oak Hill and Carlyle reinvesting in Galway.

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Practice Areas

Corporate

Financial Restructuring

Hybrid Solutions

Private Equity

Tax


Languages

English


Admissions

New York Bar


Education

New York University School of Law, LL.M. 2011

Columbia Law School, J.D. 2010

Touro College, B.A. 2006