ProfessionalsPatrick N. Karsnitz
Tel: +1-212-373-3084
Fax: +1-212-492-0084
pkarsnitz@paulweiss.com
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York,
NY
10019-6064
Fax: +1-212-492-0084
Tax Counsel in the Tax Department, Patrick regularly advises investment fund and strategic clients in a broad range of domestic and international transactions. He focuses his practice primarily on the representation of private investment funds and their portfolio companies, including in taxable and tax-free mergers and acquisition transactions, fund formation, joint ventures, carve-outs, and financing and capital markets transactions. His practice includes advising clients on all aspects of investment management M&A transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, majority and minority stake investments and spin-outs. Patrick also has extensive experience in both bankruptcy and other restructuring transactions. In 2017, The Legal 500 recognized Patrick as a “Next Generation” lawyer for his work on complex tax transactions.
EXPERIENCE
Patrick’s representative clients include General Atlantic, Glenview Capital, Oaktree Capital Management, Blackstone Alternative Asset Management, Silver Point Capital and KKR & Co.
Patrick obtained his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law where he was elected to the Order of the Coif.