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Jonathan is one of the nation’s leading experts and commentators on the federal “qualified opportunity zone” tax rules. He advises clients on a wide range of tax matters and is a prominent commentator on numerous related topics. \nJonathan counsels clients in M\u0026amp;A transactions, including leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, public company mergers, and leveraged spin-offs. He has also drafted tax receivable agreements entered into in connection with uniquely structured initial public offerings, and has structured numerous cutting-edge Section 1031 exchanges for prominent real estate investors and developers.\nJonathan has experience in advising public and private REITs on compliance issues, planning and dispositions. He has advised private equity, infrastructure and real estate opportunity funds in connection with fund formation and structure issues, along with side-letter negotiation and deal execution. He is frequently engaged to implement inbound investment structures for sovereign wealth funds and other non-U.S. investors.\nJonathan counsels clients regarding financial products such as hybrid debt instruments, call spread convertibles, equity derivatives and investment units. He also regularly reviews bank loan credit agreements and offering documents relating to common stock, convertible debt and other securities.\nAn author and speaker on tax and related topics, Jonathan has been recognized by Super Lawyers as a New York Rising Star in Tax Law for his years of eligibility of 2012–2017. His work on private REITs is published in the Practicing Law Institute’s (PLI’s)  The Corporate Tax Practice Series, which is a 31-volume treatise and the definitive resource on corporate tax.  Jonathan is an active member of the Executive Committee of the New York State Bar Association Tax Section, and co-chairs its Real Estate Committee. Jonathan Talansky Tax Consultant New York Rising Star: Tax Super Lawyers, 2012–2017   Columbia University Columbia University School of Law Harvard University Harvard Law School New York Represented Riverview Acquisition Corp. in completing its deSPAC business combination with Westrock Coffee Holdings, in which Westrock Coffee became a publicly listed company with an assumed market value of approximately $1.086 billion. The business combination will allow Westrock Coffee to accelerate the build-out of the United States’ largest roasting to ready-to-drink facility, as well as the Company’s further expansion into Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East. Represented ManTech International Corporation, a leading provider of innovative technologies and solutions for mission-critical national security programs and other mission-focused services for U.S. defense, intelligence, and federal civilian agencies, in its acquisition by and sale to funds managed by global investment firm The Carlyle Group in an all-cash transaction with a total enterprise value of approximately $4.2 billion. Represented Genuine Parts Company (NYSE: GPC) (“GPC”) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Motion Industries, Inc. (\"Motion\"), in the acquisition of Kaman Distribution Group (\"KDG\") from private investment firm Littlejohn \u0026amp; Co., LLC for a purchase price of $1.3 billion. Represented special purpose acquisition company BOA Acquisition Corp., in the de-SPAC transaction with Selina Holding Company, the world’s largest hospitality brand targeted to millennial and Gen Z travelers, valued at approximately $1.2 billion. Represented Asana Partners, a vertically integrated retail real estate investment management firm, in the formation of Asana Partners Fund I, a $500 million closed-end fund investing in retail assets in high-growth and urban infill neighborhoods throughout the U.S.; more recently, the $800M fund on equity commitments from a diverse set of institutional investors, including public pension funds, corporate pension funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds, and family offices. Represented leading restaurant chain Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc. on its $1.8 billion sale to Restaurant Brands International, the company that owns brands including Burger King and Tim Horton’s. Represented LNG export project developer NextDecade, LLC, on its proposed all-stock combination with Harmony Merger Corp., a SPAC. 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