Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

John Currivan practices in the area of federal income taxation and has had substantial experience in the areas of partnership taxation and tax-exempt financing.

In the area of partnership taxation, his practice has included tax counseling in the organization and operation of real estate development partnerships, limited liability companies, corporate joint ventures, and venture capital funds. In the area of tax-exempt financing, his practice has included tax counseling — in the roles of bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, and borrower's counsel — in a variety of types of tax-exempt bond transactions ranging from health care financing to solid waste disposal, pollution control, and manufacturing facilities. These transactions have involved both fixed and variable rate bonds, both current and advance refundings, and various derivative products.

John is a member of the ABA (Taxation Section) and the National Association of Bond Lawyers and has spoken at a number of seminars. He is an adjunct professor of law at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, teaching advanced partnership taxation at the graduate level. John is a coauthor of Ohio Limited Liability Companies (West, 1999).

Areas of Practice

• Tax
• Real Estate & Pass-Through Entities/Tax
• Taxation of Municipal Bonds
• Health Care
• Tax & Benefits/Health Care

Representative Cases

• "Take Private" Acquisition of The Dwyer Group, Inc.
• “Take Private” Acquisition of Instron Corporation
• Acquisition of Horizon Natural Resources
• Acquisition of Interest in Empire Mine
• Acquisition of Susquehanna Radio , (2005)
• Acquisition of Westland Development
• Acquisitions
• Bond Counsel in Connection with a Number of Reoffered and New Issue Series of Tax-Exempt Bonds
• Bond Counsel in Connection with the Offering of Variable Rate and Auction Rate Tax-Exempt Bonds
• Buyout
• Buyout
• Buyout
• Disposition
• Global Property Funds
• Issuance of Shares by Day-Day Ltd.
• Issuance of Shares by Kan-Pak, LLC , (2009)
• Joint Venture with Intel
• Leveraged Buyout Fund
• Leveraged Buyout Fund
• Leveraged Buyout Fund
• Leveraged Buyout Fund Formation
• Leveraged Buyout Fund Formation
• Leveraged Buyout Fund Formation
• Leveraged Buyout Fund Formation
• Leveraged Buyout/Venture Capital Fund
• Private Placement by NeoSpine LLC
• Sale of Interest in Prism Business Media
• Sale of New Castle Facility
• Sale of Oxy Vinyls interest
• Sale of Sunny Delight and Punica
• Singapore Joint Venture with Intel
• Subordinated Debt Fund
• Underwriter's Counsel in Connection with the Offering of Tax-Exempt Bonds in Off-Balance Sheet Financings
• Underwriter's Counsel in Connection with the Offering of Tax-Exempt Bonds in Off-Balance Sheet Financings
• US Fund Formation
• Venture Capital Fund
• Venture Capital Fund
• Venture Capital Fund

West Practice Categories

Corporate Taxation, Disability, Elder Law, Estate & Gift Taxation, Excise Taxes, Food & Drug Administration, Health & Health Care Law, Hospital Law, Income Taxation, International Taxation, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, Nursing Home, Payroll Taxes, Property (Ad Valorem) Taxes, Real Estate Law, Sales & Use Taxes, Social Security -- Disability, Taxation Law

Bar Admissions

• Ohio

Education

• Cornell University

Published Works

• Proposed Regulations Modify Arbitrage Regulations, 2007

Address

North Point
901 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114-1190

Phones

1.216.586.7262 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.216.579.0212 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com