James Chudy | Lawyer

James Chudy is recognized as a tax law authority by The Legal 500 U.S.

Based in New York, Jim advises domestic and international clients on federal income tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, spinoffs, bankruptcy reorganizations and business restructurings, corporate finance, securitizations, private equity investments and digital currencies. He also provides strategic counsel to emerging companies and individuals. Jim is co-author of 788-3rd T.M., Stock Purchases Treated as Asset Acquisitions — Section 338, a treatise in Bloomberg BNA’s Tax Management Portfolio series, and frequently writes articles on tax matters.

Representative Experience

Represented a European central bank’s multibillion-dollar fund that stabilized a global bank and negotiated a unique IRS agreement regarding the fund’s tax classification.
Advised Business Insider, one of the most popular business websites, in its $343 million sale to German media company Axel Springer SE.
Counseled AREVA NP SAS in its internal restructuring and the acquisition by EDF of a €2.5 billion majority stake in AREVA’s nuclear reactor business.

Professional Highlights

Bloomberg Tax & Accounting recognition (alongside partner Harsha Reddy) as the Federal Tax Contributors of the Year in its 2020 Author Awards. Bloomberg Tax & Accounting President noted “I am honored to recognize these top practitioners for the technical and practical perspectives they have contributed to help our clients navigate continuous change and increasing complexity in taxation across the U.S. and the globe.”
Recognized by The Legal 500 U.S. for Tax Non-Contentious (2016 – 2019), Tax Controversy (2013 – 2015, 2017) and Domestic Tax (2012).
Member, Tax Forum.

Associations

American Bar Association, Tax Section

New York State Bar Association, Tax Section

BNA Tax Management Advisory Board, U.S. Income Series

Education

J.D., Harvard Law School, 1984
Executive Editor, Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review

B.S., Mathematics and Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1981
with honors, Phi Beta Kappa

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