REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE Reggie’s extensive representative experience includes:
- Acting as tax counsel to Kraft Foods Inc. in the $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, Inc.
- Representing Altria as tax counsel in its approximately $50 billion spin-off of Kraft.
- Representing Altria as tax counsel in its approximately $5.6 billion sale of Miller Brewing Company to South African Breweries PLC.
- Advising a national restaurant company on a post-acquisition restructuring of its operations.
- Representing a major university in the reorganization of its investment management company.
- Serving as tax counsel to a major soft drink bottling company in connection with several acquisitions.
PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS
- Recognized by Chambers USA: Guide to Leading Business Lawyers in the area of tax (2003–2010)
- Selected for inclusion in PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook for Tax (2008)
- Named to The Best Lawyers in America in the area of tax law (2007–2010)
- Selected for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers® (2004–2010)
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Former Chair, Corporate Tax Committee, Tax Section, American Bar Association
- Former Member, Editorial Board, Georgia State Bar Journal
- Former Member, State Bar Task Force that drafted legislation authorizing the formation of limited liability companies in Georgia
- Member, American Law Institute
- Member, American College of Tax Counsel
- Trustee, Southern Federal Tax Institute
- Trustee, Georgia Federal Tax Conference
RECENT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- Speaker, “Taxable Merger and Acquisition Structures,” ALI-ABA Program on Corporate Taxation (April 2009)
- Speaker, “M&A in a Troubled Economy,” Tax Executives Institute (TEI) Mid-year Conference (March 2009)
- Speaker, “Common Merger and Acquisition Structures,” ALI-ABA Program on Corporate Taxation (April 2008)