Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Les Droller's practice involves general tax planning for domestic and international businesses, including merger and acquisition planning, spin-off planning, cross-border finance, and the development of tax-efficient domestic and cross-border business structures. He has been the principal tax advisor for corporate debtors involved in multinational bankruptcy proceedings and has represented a wide range of taxpayers in administrative proceedings before the IRS, including audit controversies and ruling requests. He oversees the Firm's Washington Office Tax Practice.

Les has advised SAP on acquisitions, T-Mobile USA on acquisitions and general tax planning, Micron Technology on international joint ventures, Bank of America on cross-border financings, and Pfizer on a wide variety of domestic and international matters. Other representative clients include Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds, SunPower Corporation, and Triliogy International Partners.

Areas of Practice

• Tax
• Bankruptcy Taxation
• International/Cross-Border Planning & Transactions
• Mergers & Acquisitions/Tax
• Structured Finance/Tax
• Tax Audits & Controversies

Representative Cases

• $332 million acquisition by Hewlett-Packard Company
• Acquisition by AOL
• Acquisition by ValueClick
• Acquisition of Aerial Communications, Inc.
• Acquisition of Aladdin Gaming
• Acquisition of GE Global eXchange Services
• Acquisition of International Multifoods
• Acquisition of Omnipoint Corporation
• Acquisition of OneSource Services
• Acquisition of P&H Solutions
• Acquisition of PowerLight Corporation
• Acquisition of Visual WEB Solutions
• Buyout
• Buyout of Canary Wharf Group
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Formation of Reynolds American
• IRS Proof of Claim
• Joint Venture
• MBO of A.T. Kearney consulting business
• Merger with Alltel Corporation
• Merger with AT&T
• Merger with Deutsche Telekom
• Merger with Ispat International
• NRG Energy Exchange Offer
• Principal U.S. tax advisor
• Public Offering of Common Stock
• Public Offering of Senior Convertible Debentures
• Sale of Consumer Healthcare Business
• Sale of Core Voice and Data Business
• Sale to Alpha Media
• Satellite Venture
• Singapore Joint Venture with Intel
• Spin-off of T-Mobile USA f/k/a VoiceStream Wireless

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Law, Corporate Taxation, Estate & Gift Taxation, Excise Taxes, Income Taxation, International Law, International Taxation, International Taxation, International Transactions, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Payroll Taxes, Property (Ad Valorem) Taxes, Sales & Use Taxes, Taxation Law

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia

Education

• George Washington University

Published Works

• Group Taxation in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States, 2002

Address

51 Louisiana Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001-2113

Phones

1.202.879.3812 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.202.626.1700 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com