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Daniel Kachmar

Associate

Email

daniel.kachmar@aoshearman.com

Phone

+1 212 848 7380

Offices

Washington DC

V-CARD
Daniel advises clients on the domestic and international tax aspects of a wide range of transactions, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, fund formations, capital markets transactions, cross-border financings and project finance transactions.
A significant part of Daniel’s practice involves advising publicly traded and privately held companies on a wide variety of transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures. He also regularly advises asset managers and institutional investors on tax matters surrounding the formation of, and investments by, private equity and credit funds, among others. Moreover, he regularly advises issuers and underwriters on complex capital markets transactions, including high yield and investment grade debt offerings, initial public offerings, liability management transactions, stock repurchases and asset securitizations.

In addition, Daniel is an active contributor to A&O Shearman’s pro bono practice.

Expertise

Industries

Experience

Representative matters

  • CVS Health Corp. on its $10.6 billion acquisition of Oak Street Health.
  • Liberty Global Ltd. on the $3.2 bn spin-off and dual listing of Sunrise Communications.
  • Genmab A/S on its acquisition of ProfoundBio for $1.8 billion.
  • Boston Scientific on its $3.7 billion acquisition of Axonics and its $615 million acquisition of Apollo Endosurgery.
  • Morgan Stanley in its sale of its Gradifi Solutions business to Vestwell Holdings Inc.
  • Anglo American in its joint venture with Vale S.A.
  • Republic of Chile in connection with the SEC-registered offering of $1.7 billion social bonds.
  • Ecopetrol S.A. in connection with its SEC-registered offering of $1.85 billion notes and concurrent abbreviated cash tender offer.
  • Banco do Brasil S.A. on its Sustainability Bond Offering.
  • The joint-bookrunning managers in connection with the $2 billion bond offering by Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (CODELCO).
  • Paramount Global in connection with its $1 billion cash tender offers.
  • Province of British Columbia in connection with its $2 billion public offering.

Pro bono

  • The Nature Conservancy in a debt for marine conservation swap for the government of Barbados.
  • U.S. charities on establishing and maintaining tax-exempt status.

Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations

  • American Bar Association Section of Taxation
  • New York State Bar Association Tax Section
  • D.C. Bar Taxation Community

Qualifications

Admissions

Attorney-at-Law, New York, 2018

Attorney-at-Law, Washington, D.C., 2023

Academic

J.D., cum laude, Georgetown University Law Center, 2017

B.A., cum laude, Economics, University of Pittsburgh, 2012

Languages

English
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.