Patrick E. Sigmon
Represents public and private companies and private funds with respect to U.S. taxation, including U.S. and cross-border M&A transactions and restructurings.
Patrick represents publicly traded and privately held companies and private funds with respect to U.S. federal income taxation in domestic and international contexts. His practice spans domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions and dispositions; restructurings and reorganizations; spinoffs and splitoffs; and the formation and operation of joint ventures, private equity funds, hedge funds and REITs.
He also works in the areas of bankruptcy, corporate finance, securities offerings, and cryptocurrencies and other digital assets.
Patrick is recognized for his tax work by Chambers USA, where a source says he “is a true professional and a pleasure to work with.”
Experience
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Exxon’s $59.5 billion acquisition of Pioneer
- Altair Engineering’s $10.6 billion acquisition by Siemens
- ATSG’s $3.1 billion acquisition by Stonepeak
- McKesson’s acquisitions of controlling interest in Core Ventures and PRISM Vision
- TPG’s $1.1 billion acquisition of Sabre’s Hospitality Solutions business unit
- Mirion Technologies’ $585 million acquisition of Paragon Energy Solutions
- Rokt $300 million merger with mParticle
- QuinStreet’s $190 million acquisition of HomeBuddy
- Galaxy’s corporate reorganization and Nasdaq listing
- Natura’s sale of Avon International’s business in Europe, Africa and Asia to Regent
- Nextracker’s acquisitions of Bentek and Origami Solar
- Uniti Group’s merger with Windstream
- TPG Growth’s strategic investment into Cliffwater
- Verisk’s divestitures of its financial services business to TransUnion and 3E business to New Mountain Capital
Restructuring
- Spirit Airlines’ chapter 11 filing
- Advised creditors on the restructurings of Arcade Beauty, Enviva, GTT Communications, Heritage Power, Monitronics International, Party City, Ruby Pipeline, Sable Permian Resources, SunPower, Tenrgys, VIP Cinema Holdings and Washington Prime Group
Capital Markets
- Grayscale’s:
- launch of the first U.S. staking spot crypto ETFs
- uplistings of Chainlink Trust ETF, Dogecoin Trust ETF, Solana Trust ETF, XRP Trust ETF, Sui Staking ETF and CoinDesk Crypto 5 ETF
- $1.8 billion bitcoin seeding and approval of Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF
- seedings of Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust ETF through Ether distribution
- Bausch + Lomb’s $630 million IPO
- Securities offerings for issuers: Banco Santander México, Circle, Comcast, CureVac, CSX, ExxonMobil, Galaxy, Leidos, Mirion Technologies, ProKidney, Roivant Sciences, Strategic Value Partners, Uniti Group and Ventas Realty
Spinoffs
- Comcast’s spinoff of select cable television networks
- Nextracker’s spinoff from Flex
Real Estate
- JLC Infrastructure’s investment in cogeneration facility at Hudson Yards
- Strategic Value Partners’ acquisition, JV and financing for Los Angeles property
Investment management
- Diameter Capital Partners’ $4.5 billion fundraise
Insights
News
Recognition
Chambers USA – Tax, New York
Education
Qualifications and admissions
- District of Columbia
- State of New York