Colleen Laduzinski is a tax "deal lawyer," known for solving 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 nearly 25 years of experience in New York and Boston, Colleen brings a thoughtful, practical, and commercial approach to her practice. She distills complex tax concepts and communicates clearly with audiences of business decision makers, bankers, and lawyers.
Colleen's lengthy roster of chapter 11 cases, out-of-court restructurings, and debt workouts spans a range of industries and significant players. She was the lead tax lawyer advising multinational corporation Diebold Nixdorf on cross-border tax considerations in connection with restructuring more than $2.7 billion in funded debt and completing the first-ever dual proceeding under the U.S. bankruptcy code and Dutch restructuring law in 71 days. She also advised a private equity firm on its acquisition of Instant Brands, designer and distributor of kitchen and home appliances, through a chapter 11 section 363 sale.
Colleen advises on numerous publicly announced deals, including domestic and cross-border issuances of equity, financial instruments, and credit facilities for capital providers, underwriters, and multinational corporations.
Colleen's significant publications include three Bloomberg BNA Tax Management Portfolios and the Tax-Free Reorganization of Debtor Corporations chapter in Collier on Bankruptcy.
For more than five years, Colleen has been the Partner-in-Charge of Jones Day's Boston Office and previously headed Jones Day's global New Lawyers Group.
Experiência
- 2022-2024
Tax-Free Reorganization of Debtor Corporations, Collier on Bankruptcy, Vol. 11, Ch. TX10 - 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
- January 2024
Troubled Corporations Panel, DC Bar Tax Conference - 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 (2017-2024)
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly's 2024 "Top Women of Law" honoree