Colleen Laduzinski is a tax "deal lawyer," known for solving complex tax and structuring issues in distressed transactions, bankruptcies, and restructurings. She is a trusted advisor on the tax aspects of capital markets and financing transactions and provides tax counsel on M&A transactions and private equity deals. With over two decades of experience, Colleen brings a thoughtful, practical, and commercial approach to her practice. She has an ability to distill complex tax concepts and communicate clearly with audiences of business decision makers, bankers, and lawyers.
Colleen acts as debtor's bankruptcy tax counsel in chapter 11 cases, such as Chrysler, Dana Corporation, Peabody Energy, and Westmoreland Resources. She leads tax representations of creditor groups, including onshore and offshore funds, in significant debt workouts and restructurings, such as syncreon group's cross-border restructuring. She advises on more than 100 publicly announced deals over any three-year period, including domestic and cross-border issuances of equity, financial instruments, and credit facilities for capital providers, underwriters, and multinational corporations.
Colleen adapts her skill set to changing circumstances and diverse client matters in the face of constantly evolving tax reform and shifting markets. Her significant publications include three Bloomberg BNA Tax Management Portfolios on corporate bankruptcy and financial restructurings. She is a Conferee of the National Bankruptcy Conference, which advises Congress on bankruptcy law.
For five years, Colleen headed Jones Day's New Lawyers Group. With nearly 20 years of experience in New York, Colleen is now the Partner-in-Charge of Jones Day's Boston Office.
Experiência
- September 2017
Tax Aspects of Restructuring Financially Troubled Businesses, Tax Management, Bloomberg BNA, No. 541-5th - 2012
Corporate Bankruptcy--Special Topics, Tax Management, Bloomberg BNA, No. 791 - 2012
Corporate Bankruptcy, Tax Management, Bloomberg BNA, No. 790-2d
- April 27, 2016
International Tax Seminar for Detroit Chapter of Tax Executives Institute - November 17, 2015
TEI Dallas Chapter Tax Seminar - June 22-23, 2015
Recent Developments in International Tax: United States and Europe, 2015 TEI Region III Conference, Foxwoods Resort and Casino - June 3, 2015
Global Insights: The Future of M&A
- New York University (LL.M. in Taxation 2004); Tulane University (J.D. cum laude 2000; Business Editor, Published Author, Tulane Maritime Law Journal; M.B.A. 2000, A.B. Freeman School of Business); Boston University (B.A. in Economics and Political Science magna cum laude 1996)
- Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey
Elected a Conferee of the National Bankruptcy Conference, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of approximately 60 lawyers, law professors, and bankruptcy judges who advise Congress on bankruptcy law (2021)
Named to the Turnarounds & Workouts annual list of bankruptcy tax specialists (2017-2021)