Meg is an experienced tax attorney who has represented public and private companies, strategic investors, and private equity sponsors on the tax aspects of complex business transactions for over a decade. 

Her practice focuses on the U.S. federal income tax consequences of mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, cross-border transactions, leveraged buyouts, financings, and debt and equity restructurings. She has also advised clients in connection with forming and operating private investment funds and has significant experience with the tax aspects of bankruptcy and restructuring matters for financially-troubled corporations and partnerships. She also routinely assists with the review of operating documents and company structure to analyze tax efficiencies. 

Clients have praised Meg’s ability to clearly communicate and distill complex tax concepts and provide practical, solutions-oriented advice.

PRIOR EXPERIENCE & REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

• Advised private equity sponsors in numerous acquisition and sale transactions–involving corporate stock, partnership interests, and assets –ranging in value up to $13.45 billion.*

• Advised private equity sponsor on the creation of a platform for acquiring and operating multiple restaurant chains.*

• Advised public company in multiple transactions, including the creation of a joint venture for the operation of an insurance administration software business with a private equity sponsor, an initial public offering of a subsidiary business, and the acquisition of multiple corporate advisory and consulting companies.*

• Advised a domestic corporation on the formation and operation of an MSO-PC structure.*

• Advised a domestic public company in connection with a “spin-off” transaction involving a 50%-owned joint venture.*

• Advised a non-U.S. public company in connection with a “Reverse Morris Trust” acquisition, valued at $8.8 billion.*

• Advised a large private equity sponsor on the formation of multiple equity, credit, and co-investment funds, ranging in value up to $17.8 billion.*

• Advised a leading cancer care provider and its affiliates (operating in the U.S., Australia, Spain and the UK) in their Chapter 11 cases, including a restructuring of pre-filing $1.7 billion funded debt.*

• Advised a global flexible space provider and its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases, including a restructuring of the $17 billion of funded debt and lease obligations at the time of filing.*

• Advised several companies in connection with “liability management” transactions to provide additional liquidity or manage near-term maturity of third-party debt.*

  *Represents matters worked on prior to joining Aligned Health Law.

CREDENTIALS

Education.

• Emory University School of Law, Juris Doctor, cum laude, 2014

• New York University, Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 2011

Admissions.

•  Illinois

• New York

Prior Positions.

• Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Partner

Articles & Publications.

• Upended: The Impact of Tax Reform on Up-C Structures (co-authored with Dean Shulman, P.C., and Sara B. Zablotney, P.C.), The Practical Tax Lawyer, 2018

• Regulation X: A New Direction for the Regulation of Mortgage Servicers, Emory Law Journal, 2013

COMMUNITY

• Received the Kirkland & Ellis Pro Bono Service Award for Outstanding Service each year from 2014-2020