Stuart M. Finkelstein

Stuart Finkelstein, the Head of Skadden’s NY Tax Department, represents clients on a wide range of tax matters, including mergers, acquisition and divestiture transactions (including tax-free spin-offs), debt and equity offerings, corporate and partnership restructurings and joint ventures.  He regularly advises clients on matters relating to financially troubled businesses, both in and out of bankruptcy proceedings.  Stu has provided advice with respect to foreign investments in the United States as well as United States investments abroad.  Stu frequently provides tax advice regarding executive compensation, including in the context of leveraged buyouts and going private transactions, and advises clients on tax controversy matters.

Stu's clients include large and small businesses, publicly traded and privately held, investment banking firms and a number clients in the financial services industry.  He repeatedly has been named among the nation’s top tax practitioners by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Legal 500, Tax Directors Handbook, Who’s Who in American Law, Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in the East and has spoken around the country on various corporate tax planning matters.

Stu earned his J.D. (cum laude) from The University of Michigan Law School, in 1985, and has been at Skadden since he graduated law school.