Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Joe Goldman represents clients on a wide range of international and domestic tax matters, with a principal focus on structuring, negotiating, and documenting mergers and acquisitions, post-acquisition integration of global businesses, internal restructurings, and intellectual property planning, as well as disputes with the IRS.

Joe spends a significant amount of time on the cross-border aspects of federal and international taxation. He works with clients on restructuring their businesses to maximize tax efficiency by developing specialized planning for foreign tax credits, subpart F, transfer pricing, and profit repatriation. Joe works closely with clients in the pharmaceutical, chemical, energy, electronics, manufacturing, service, and automotive industries and adheres to aggressive timetables to maximize client business opportunities. Representative clients include Celgene, Dow Corning, Pfizer, and Timken.

Joe is a member of the American Bar Association (Taxation Section), the District of Columbia Bar, and the New York State Bar Association.

Areas of Practice

• Tax
• International/Cross-Border Planning & Transactions
• Mergers & Acquisitions/Tax
• Transfer Pricing
• Private Equity/Tax
• Tax Audits & Controversies
• Structured Finance/Tax

Representative Cases

• $2.9 billion acquisition of Pharmion in a merger qualifying as a tax-free reorganization
• Acquisition of Angiosyn
• Acquisition of API Manufacturing Facility in Europe
• Acquisition of Bearing Inspection, Inc.
• Acquisition of Bioren
• Acquisition of Catapult Genetics, Pty., Ltd. and Bovigen, LLC
• Acquisition of Coley Pharmaceutical Group, Inc
• Acquisition of CovX Pharmaceuticals
• Acquisition of Encysive Pharmaceuticals Inc.
• Acquisition of Idun
• Acquisition of Meridica
• Acquisition of PowderMed Ltd.
• Acquisition of Purell
• Acquisition of Rinat Neuroscience
• Acquisition of Serenex, Inc.
• Acquisition of The Purdy Corp.
• Acquisition of Torrington
• Acquisition of Vicuron
• Acquisition of Vyncolit
• Acquisition of Witness Systems
• Contact Energy Sale
• Disposition of Schick-Wilkinson Sword Business
• Disposition of Tetra Business
• Employees Benefit Plan
• Global Tax Planning
• International Portfolio Sale
• Merger & Acquisition tax aspects
• Sale of Adams Confectionery Business
• Sale of Consumer Healthcare Business
• Sale of Diagnostic Business
• Sale of Fixed Wing Airframe Business
• Sale of Generics Business
• Sale of Handpiece Headquarters Corporation
• Sale of Interest in NSK Torrington
• Sale of Kilian Manufacturing Corporation
• Sale of Latrobe Steel
• Sale of Surgical Ophthalmology Business
• Sale of Timken S.P.A. and Timken Deutschland GmbH

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance 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
• New York

Education

• Columbia University - New York

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

1.202.879.5437 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.202.626.1700 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com