Cathryn R. Benedict
Cathryn R. Benedict
Cathryn R. Benedict
Biography
Cathryn Benedict is a member of the Tax Advice and Controversy Group and Tax Exempt and Charitable Planning Team. Ms. Benedict’s transactional practice includes representing public and private companies in taxable and tax-free mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, reorganizations, and restructurings, and analysis of domestic and international tax issues associated with such transactions. Ms. Benedict’s federal tax controversy experience includes representation of business entities before the Internal Revenue Service with respect to matters relating to acquisitions, partnerships, restructurings, and research credits. In addition, Ms. Benedict has experience assisting nonprofit organizations with formation under state corporate law and qualification for tax exempt status under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Ms. Benedict has prior experience as in-house counsel with responsibility for state and federal income tax matters for a Fortune 500 company.
Civic Involvement & Honors
- Chambers Tax 2025 - Band 1
- Washington University Journal of Law & Policy, Primary Editor, 2011
- Best Lawyers' (Tax Law, 2023)
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association, Section of Taxation
- Missouri Bar Association
- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
Admissions
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Missouri, 2011
Education
Washington University, LL.M., 2011
Washington University, J.D., magna cum laude, 2011
University of Florida, B.S., cum laude, 2007
Related Capabilities
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Tax Advice & Controversy
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Contract, Endorsement & Celebrity Representation
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Anti-Doping
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Sports & Event Venue Real Estate Infrastructure & Operation
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Naming Rights & Sponsorship
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Sports & Entertainment M&A
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Sports, Media & Entertainment Litigation
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Sports, Media & Entertainment
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Entertainment Industry
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Sports & Event Financing
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Collegiate Sports
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Olympic & National Governing Bodies
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Professional Sports Team Representation
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Real Estate
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Tax & Private Client
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Broker-Dealer and Investment Advisor Regulatory Enforcement, Disputes and Investigations
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Healthcare & Life Sciences
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Strategic Alternatives & Corporate Reorganization
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Real Estate Tax
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Corporate
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Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Experience
Ms. Benedict’s transactional experience includes representation of:
- Publicly-traded healthcare REIT in its acquisition of a REIT specializing in skilled nursing facilities in a stock-for-stock merger for $3.0 billion
- Publicly-traded Fortune 100 health care company in parallel divestitures of three significant business units for a combined purchase price of over $300 million
- Publicly-traded Fortune 1000 chemical and biotechnology company in its acquisition of a private company engaged in producing and marketing antibodies for in vitro diagnostic use for $170 million
- Private equity firm in multiple acquisitions of privately-held technology companies, including cross-border transactions
- Private equity firm in its sale of a portfolio company, a provider of technology-enabled services in the marketing research and intelligence market, to Netherlands-based private equity group
Resources
Publications
- Co-Author, “Is the Price Right? Rethinking Change of Control Payments and the Value of NOLs Post-Tax Reform,” Bloomberg Law’s Tax Management Memorandum, June 29, 2018
Speaking Engagements
- Co-Speaker, "International M&A and Internal Restructurings with an Eye to Tax Reform: Do Boxes Still Matter?" St. Louis International Tax Group’s 16th Annual International Tax Training Seminar, October 26, 2017
- "Contingent Liabilities and Deferred Revenue in M&A Transactions," Tax Executives Institute, St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 17, 2015
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