
Megan Ferris
Biography
Practice Focus
Representative Legal Matters
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Represented a debt fund and property fund in connection with separate private placement fund offerings of limited partnership interests. Upon completion of the offerings, the funds expected to raise combined USD 4 billion.
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Advised on a tax controversy matter in litigation involving the separation of nearly 20 Florida real estate properties valued at almost USD 1 billion.
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Represented a billionaire South American family on pre-immigration tax and estate planning related to their move to the United States.
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Represented a married couple in relation to a USD 500 million stake in a publicly traded European company.
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Represented a real estate debt fund with projected capital investments of over USD 2 billion for the purpose of acquiring debt securities in connection with commercial mortgage backed securities offerings and other debt transactions.
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Assisted with the restructuring of a family-owned and family-run global private equity fund, where two-thirds of the family lives in France and one third resides in the U.S. to maximize global tax efficiency in light of US tax reform law.
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Restructured entities to avoid currency restrictions in Belize to facilitate partial sale of a domestic beer company to a global brand and distributor.
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Advised on tax planning with state, federal and international impact and provided contractual advice in connection with confidential settlement agreements of over USD 200 million among top executive of a global investment and advisory financial services firm.
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Represented an oil and gas acquisition company in the USD 100 million restructuring of its fund structure with respect to non-US investors, as well as handling of the fund's regulatory filings under the Investment Advisor Act of 1940.
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Restructured a company's international operations, which includes locations such as South Africa, Poland, Egypt, Malaysia, Spain and Switzerland, in response to US tax reforms to obtain US deferral of offshore high-taxed global intangible high-taxed income and converting such income into "Subpart F income" that is eligible for special treatment under the "high-tax exception."
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Assisted a large technology and software company specializing in software services to global 1000 companies, with restructuring global operations to minimize worldwide tax on income from US and foreign-source software sales.
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Represented the world's largest sugar refiner in connection with refinancing the capital structure of its wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary by introducing a hybrid debt instrument.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association - Section of Taxation
- Florida Bar - Tax Section
Admissions
- Florida~United States (2013)
Education
- University of Miami (JD, LLM Taxation, cum laude) (2012)
- Nova Southeastern University (M.Acc.) (2009)
- University of Florida (BS, BA) (2005)
Languages
- English