Martin advises clients on a wide range of tax matters inherent in sophisticated transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, public and private debt and equity financings, spin-offs and dispositions.

Prior to joining Baker Tax Law, Martin worked at Skadden. 

While at Skadden, Martin’s representations included:

• Proofpoint in its $12.3 billion sale to Thoma Bravo;
• Total Produce plc in its proposed combination with Dole Food Company under a newly created, U.S.-listed company;
• EDP Renewables North America in the acquisition of a majority interest in the distributed solar platform of C2 Energy Capital;
• Bank of New York Mellon in a tax equity investment associated with the repowering of three wind projects;
• SK Hynix in its $9 billion acquisition of Intel’s memory business;
• DuPont de Nemours, Inc. in its spin-off of its materials science division (now named Dow Inc.) and the spin-off of its agriculture division (now named Corteva, Inc.) and the debut of DuPont as a stand-alone company;
• PayPal Holdings, Inc. in various matters, including its $4 billion acquisition of Honey Science Corporation and its $400 million acquisition of Hyperwallet Systems Inc.;
• Livongo Health, Inc. in its $18.5 billion acquisition by Teladoc Health, Inc.;
• Platinum Equity Advisors, LLC in its concurrent acquisitions of the distribution businesses of Deluxe Entertainment Services Inc. and CineVizion;
• Adeia Inc. (formerly Xperi Holding Corporation) in the spin-off of its product business into an independent public company called Xperi Inc.;
• Embracer Group in its pending acquisition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s iconic works, including “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit”;
• SJW Group in its $1.1 billion acquisition of Connecticut Water Service, Inc.;
• Brookfield Renewable in the $1.5 billion sale (enterprise value) of a 49.9% equity interest in an 852 MW portfolio of wind generating assets in the U.S. to a group of South Korean infrastructure investors and its $540 million acquisition of Standard Solar, an owner and operator of commercial- and community-distributed solar energy;
• Sustainable Power Group, LLC (sPower) in the sale of a 24% stake in its 1.3 GW renewable energy portfolio to Ullico Inc. from The AES Corporation and affiliates of Alberta Investment Management Corporation;
• United Talent Agency in various matters, including numerous acquisitions and its sale of minority stakes in the agency to PSP and Investcorp, as well as a later sale to EQT; and
• Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. in its $1.4 billion sale of zColo, including certain U.S. and European data center assets, to DataBank Holdings, Ltd.