Former chair of the firm and its Management Committee, Alfred D.
Youngwood is of counsel to the firm. Mr. Youngwood's practice
concentrated on acquisitions, reorganizations and financings
involving both American and foreign business organizations through
the use of corporate and partnership structures. His significant
tax representations included the representation of Time Warner Inc.
in the creation of major joint ventures in media and cable
television and its acquisition of Adelphia, Triarc in its
disposition of Snapple and Viacom in the split-off of CBS.
Mr. Youngwood has served as chair of the Tax Section of the New
York State Bar Association and is currently a member of the
Executive Committee of the Tax Section. He is also a Fellow of the
American College of Tax Counsel. Mr. Youngwood has had several
articles published in The Tax Lawyer focusing on
partnership issues.
Mr. Youngwood was an editor of the Harvard Law Review
and a Fulbright Scholar in international taxation at the London
School of Economics.
