REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Representative matters illustrating Randy’s extensive experience include the following:
- Representing Kraft as tax counsel in its acquisition of Cadbury, valued at approximately $19 billion (2010).
- Represented Altria as tax counsel in its acquisition of UST, valued at approximately $11.7 billion (2009).
- Represented 3M as tax counsel in its approximately $1.2 billion acquisition of Aearo (2008).
- Represented Altria as tax counsel in Altria’s spin-off of Philip Morris International Inc., one of the largest spin-offs to date, valued at approximately $113 billion (2008).
- Represented Kraft as tax counsel in its approximately $2.6 billion tax-free split-off of its Post cereals business and the merger of the Post cereals business into a subsidiary of Ralcorp Holdings (2008).
- Represented Philip Morris International as tax counsel in its approximately $2 billion acquisition of Rothmans Canada (2008).
- Represented Altria as tax counsel in its approximately $50 billion spin-off of Kraft (2007).
- Represented Kraft as tax counsel in its purchase of Group Danone’s global biscuit business for approximately $7.6 billion (2007).
- Represented Philip Morris International as tax counsel in its acquisition of an increased stake in its Mexican tobacco business for approximately $1.1 billion (2007).
- Represented Philip Morris International as tax counsel in its approximately $5 billion acquisition of PT HM Sampoerna Tbk, an Indonesian cigarette company (2005).
- Represented Altria as tax counsel in its approximately $5.6 billion sale of Miller Brewing Company to South African Breweries PLC (2002).
- Represented Altria and Kraft in the acquisition of Nabisco for approximately $15 billion in 2000 and the subsequent offering of more than $8 billion of Kraft stock in 2001 in the second-largest IPO ever undertaken.
PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS
- Recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the area of tax: international (2011)
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Section on Taxation, District of Columbia Bar
RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- Author, “Tax Aspects of Foreign Currency,” Tax Management Portfolio No. 921 (2002)
- Speaker, TEI European Chapter Winter Conference (January 28-29, 2008)
