ProfessionalsLindsay B. Parks
Lindsay B. Parks
Partner
Tel: +1-212-373-3792
Fax: +1-212-492-0792
emaillparks@paulweiss.com
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York,
NY
10019-6064
Fax: +1-212-492-0792
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Lindsay Parks is a partner in the Tax Department, where she advises clients on a range of transactional matters. She regularly counsels investment funds and strategic clients in the negotiation and structuring of a broad range of international and domestic transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, carve-outs, restructurings, and complex debt and equity offerings.
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