Sehj Vather, P.C.
Partner
Tax
Overview
Sehj Vather is a tax partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Sehj has extensive experience in both public and private transactions, and handles a wide range of matters focusing on the tax aspects of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and spin-offs, both domestic and cross-border. Sehj also advises clients on the tax aspects of securities issuances, bankruptcy and restructuring, and investment funds. Sehj has been recognized in The Legal 500 U.S. for his work in International Tax and U.S. Taxes.
Experience
Representative Matters
Public Company Representations
- AbbVie in its $30 billion acquisition of Pharmacyclics
- Actelion in its $30 billion sale to Johnson & Johnson
- Alight in its $7.3 billion merger with Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp
- Alight in its acquisition of ConsumerMedical
- Alight in its acquisition of ReedGroup
- Alight in its carveout acquisition of Aon’s retiree exchange business
- AllianceBernstein in its $3 billion acquisition of Ramius Alternative Solutions
- BB&T in its $2.5 billion acquisition of Susquehanna Bank
- Cadence Bancorporation in its $1.4 billion acquisition of State Bank
- Cardinal Health in its $2 billion acquisition of Johnson & Johnson’s global Cordis business
- Carlisle Companies in its $2 billion sale of Carlisle Interconnect Technologies to Amphenol
- Convergys in its $800 million acquisition of Stream Global Services
- Delphi Technologies PLC in its $3.3 billion sale to BorgWarner Inc
- DSW Inc. in its joint venture with Authentic Brands Group to acquire the operations of Camuto Group
- Dufry in its $1.7 billion acquisition of The Nuance Group
- Ferguson plc in its announced corporate restructuring and redomiciliation to the United States
- Focus Impact BH3 Acquisition Co. on its business combination with XCF Global Capital, Inc.
- Gramercy Property Trust in its $7.6 billion sale to Blackstone
- Haynes International in its $970 million sale to North American Stainless
- Infineon Technologies AG in its $10.1 billion acquisition of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
- Lionsgate in its $4.4 billion acquisition of Starz
- Mako Surgical in its $1.6 billion sale to Stryker
- Office Depot in its $1 billion acquisition of CompuCom
- Perficient, Inc. in its $3 billion sale to EQT
- Perrigo in the $2.8 billion sale of its Tysabri royalty stream to Royalty Pharma
- PropTech Acquisition Corporation in its business combination with Porch.com, Inc
- Starwood Waypoint Special Committee in the $7.7 billion acquisition of Colony American Homes
- Steris in its $1.9 billion merger with Synergy Health.
- Sterling Bancorp in its $500 million acquisition of Hudson Valley
- Tesla in its acquisition of Grohmann Engineering
- The Vitamin Shoppe in its sale to Franchise Group Inc
- THL Partners – Autostore’s IPO
- Tim Hortons in its $11.4 billion sale to Burger King
- T-Mobile in its $146 billion merger with Sprint
- Verizon in its $130 billion buyout of Vodafone’s interest in Verizon Wireless
- Washington Prime Group in its $1.6 billion joint venture with O’Connor Capital Partners
- Washington Prime Group in its $4.3 billion acquisition of Glimcher Realty
- XO Group in its $950 million merger with WeddingWire
- XPO Logistics in its $3 billion acquisition of Con-way
Private Company Representations
- Advent in its pending $6.3 billion acquisition of Nuvei Corp
- Advent – Ultra Electronics in its sale of Forensic Technologies
- Advent – Zentiva’s €2 billion debt restructuring
- Apollo – Presidio in its acquisition of Netech
- Apollo – Presidio in its sale of Atlantix Global Systems
- Apollo – West Corporation in its acquisition of Nasdaq’s global Digital Media and Public Relations businesses
- Apollo in its $1.3 billion acquisition of Chuck E. Cheese’s
- Apollo in its $1.3 billion acquisition of Presidio
- Apollo in its $5.1 billion acquisition of West Corporation
- CharlesBank in its $100 million acquisition of DoiT
- CharlesBank in its acquisition of Cyberbit
- EIG Global – Rosehill Resources Inc. in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy
- EIG Global in its midstream joint venture with NextEra Energy Partners, LP
- Equinox in Silver Lake’s private equity investment
- First Quality Enterprises in its acquisition of Fempro
- First Quality Enterprises in the sale of its nonwovens operations in the United States and China
- Ivanhoé Cambridge in its €1 billion joint investment with Blackstone in debt secured by Gecina shares
- KKR – Calabrio in its acquisition of Calypso
- KKR – Calabrio in its acquisition of Teleopti
- KKR – Corel Corp in its acquisition of BrowseTech
- KKR – Corel Corp in its sale of ClearSlide
- KKR in its $1.4 billion convertible equity investment in NextEra renewable energy projects
- KKR in its $900 million convertible equity investment in NextEra wind and solar infrastructure
- KKR in its acquisition of Corel Corp
- Sterne Agee in its $150 million sale to Stifel Financial Corp
- The Jordan Company in iNRCORE’s recapitalization with Warburg Pincus
- The Jordan Company in its acquisition of USALCO, a provider of water treatment solutions, from H.I.G. Capital
- THL Partners – Adare Pharma Solutions in the sale of its Biome business
- THL Partners – combination of Fortna and MHS, and partial sale to ADIA
- THL Partners – Goldman Sachs’ preferred investment in Auction.com
- THL Partners – Intelligent Medical Objects in its acquisition of Melax Technologies
- THL Partners in AmeriLife Group’s continuation fund with ICG
- THL Partners in its $1.4 billion sale of Nextech
- THL Partners in its $2.8 billion partial sale of Autostore to Softbank
- THL Partners in its $3 billion carveout acquisition of Brooks Automation from Azenta
- THL Partners in its acquisition of AbacusNext
- THL Partners in its acquisition of Adare Pharma Solutions with Frazier Healthcare Partners
- THL Partners in its acquisition of Bazaarvoice from Marlin Equity Partners
- THL Partners in its acquisition of Bynder
- THL Partners in its acquisition of Care Hospice
- THL Partners in its acquisition of Careforth (formerly SeniorLink)
- THL Partners in its acquisition of Carpe Data
- THL Partners in its acquisition of Hexure (formerly Insurance Technologies)
- THL Partners in its recapitalization of Hightower
- THL Partners in its acquisition of House of Design
- THL Partners in its acquisition of inRiver AB
- THL Partners in its acquisition of Odessa
- THL Partners in its investment in Kinexon
- THL Partners in its investment in Smile Doctors
- THL Partners in its partial sale of AmeriLife Group ($3 billion enterprise value) to Genstar
- TowerBrook Capital in its investment in Langan
- U.S. investor in acquisition of English Premier League football club
- Welsh Carson in its acquisition of GovernmentCIO
- Welsh Carson in its acquisition of Green Street Advisors from Golden Gate Capital
- Welsh Carson in its sale of Green Street Advisors
- Welsh Carson in its sale of Intoxalock
Spin-Offs
- Actelion in its Swiss demerger of Idorsia
- CNX Resources in its spin-off of CONSOL Energy
- ServiceMaster in its spin-off of FrontDoor
- Simon Property Group in its spin-off of Washington Prime Group
- Ventas in its spin-off of Care Capital Properties
- W.R. Grace in its spin-off of GCP Applied Technologies
Prior Experience
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
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Recognition
Recognized in The Legal 500 United States for International Tax and US Taxes
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2012New York
- 2021Texas
- 2008New Zealand
Education
- Stanford Law SchoolLL.M.2011
- University of AucklandLL.B.with Honors2008
- University of AucklandB.Com., Accounting2008
News &
Insights
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