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Overview
Gary Silber is a partner in the Tax practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm''s New York office. He represents clients in a wide range of tax matters in relation to corporate transactions, partnerships and joint ventures. His practice focuses on U.S. and global tax matters related to bankruptcies, taxable and tax-free mergers and acquisitions, capital market offerings and financings. The nature of his work has allowed him to become adept not only in handling a large variety of transactional and tax matters but also in handling those matters across a range of industries.
Past clients include utilities, pharmaceutical companies, sports franchises, real estate developers, financial services providers and private equity groups.
Accolades
- Tax, Chambers USA
Education
- Columbia University School of Law, J.D., 2010
- New York University School of Law, LL.M. in Taxation, 2011
- Touro College, B.A. (summa cum laude), 2006
Representations
- Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of FTX in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
- Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of WeWork in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
- Ad hoc group of first lien lenders in Franchise Group Chapter 11 bankruptcy exit.
- Crestline investors in $225 million debt financing for The Nordam Group.
- The bondholders in confirmed Spirit Airlines Chapter 11 bankruptcy exit.
- Altisource Portfolio Solutions on restructuring and term loan extension.
- Ad hoc group of term lenders and DIP lenders in the restructuring of The Container Store.
- Ad hoc crossholder group in $8.8 billion restructuring of Diamond Sports Group.
- New York City Football Club on the ground leasing and construction financing for its new stadium, Etihad Park.
- EVO Transportation in West Side Transport acquisition.
- Semperis on growth financing.
- CWT US, LLC in agreement to be acquired by global business travel group in $570 million transaction.
- Lenders on $1.2 billion restructuring of PREIT.
- Ad hoc group of noteholders of AYR.
- Priority lenders on Travelport’s $4.3+ billion recapitalization and equity financing.
- PG&E and Pacific Gas and Electric in their Chapter 11 cases. PG&E has approximately 16,000,000 customers, 24,000 employees and estimated liabilities (including contingent and disputed liabilities) in excess of $50 billion.
- Blackstone in its acquisition of Certified Collectibles Group and its investment in Hotwire Communications.
- Providence Equity Partners in its acquisition of a majority stake in 365 Retail Markets.
- SoftBank Vision Fund, together with Toyota Motor Corporation and DENSO Corporation, in a $1 billion investment in the Advanced Technologies Group of Uber Technologies.
- 24 Hour Fitness Worldwide Inc. in its Chapter 11 restructuring.
- Fairway Group Holdings, the parent company of Fairway Market, in its sales in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding of five stores and its distribution center to Village Super Market, of three stores to Bogopa Enterprises (the owner of Food Bazaar), of one store to a Key Food Stores Cooperative member and of two real estate leases to Amazon Retail.
- CVC in its acquisition of a significant minority stake in CFGI, in a transaction that valued CFGI at $1.9 billion.
- Oak Hill Capital and its portfolio company Galway Insurance Holdings, a holding company for EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, and JenCap Holdings LLC in, together with The Carlyle Group, the sale of a majority stake in Galway to Harvest Partners, with Oak Hill and Carlyle reinvesting in Galway.