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Kenneth Norcross

 
Partner - Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
 
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Company Name : Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
 
Company Website : www.dbr.com
 
Company Address : 321 Great Oaks Blvd.
, Albany, NY,
United States,
 
Kenneth Norcross Profile :
Partner - Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
 
Kenneth Norcross Biography :

Kenneth J. Norcross is a partner in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group. He concentrates on the tax aspects of various business transactions and tax controversy matters.

Transactional Matters. Ken’s practice includes representing public companies, private equity firms and closely held businesses in mergers and acquisitions. He has represented both buyers and sellers in structuring transactions to achieve the parties desired tax consequences. He has advised clients on a variety of other transactions, including tax issues relating to the preservation and utilization of net operating loss carryovers, spinoffs, liquidations, corporate restructurings, executive compensation, like-kind exchanges, sale lease back transactions and structuring transactions to minimize state corporate taxes and realty transfer taxes. He has also represented clients regarding a range of international tax matters, including multinational corporate acquisitions and restructurings, tax treaty and withholding tax issues, foreign tax credits and planning for both inbound and outbound investments. Ken also concentrates on partnership matters. He has structured the formation, merger, dissolution of various joint ventures, partnerships and limited liability companies and negotiated and prepared the related joint venture, partnership and limited liability company agreements.

Controversy Matters. Ken represents clients in obtaining rulings, legislative and regulatory relief and in resolving disputes with the Internal Revenue Service and state tax authorities, both administratively and in court. In this capacity he has litigated tax matters in the New Jersey courts including cases involving, unitary principles as applied to partnerships and joint ventures, the enforceability of closing agreements and the application of New Jersey’s sales and use tax, sourcing of income from intangible assets and the application of the corporation business tax to foreign corporate partners and the taxation of cancellation of indebtedness income and phantom gain for gross income tax purposes.

Professional Background. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Ken practiced as a certified public accountant with Arthur Young & Co. and was the tax manager at National Starch and Chemical Corporation. He previously practiced as a tax attorney with Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch in Morristown, New Jersey and with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York, New York. Ken is a former chairperson of the Tax Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association and currently serves on its executive committee. He is a member of the Partnerships and LLCs Committee of the Tax Section of the American Bar Association. Ken has been an adjunct professor of law at Rutgers Law School and has published a number of articles in professional journals. He is listed in Best Lawyers, in America.

 
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