Russell Kestenbaum is a partner in the New York office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and a member of the firm’s Tax Group.
Primary Focus & Experience
A partner since 2007, Mr. Kestenbaum’s practice focuses on advising on tax issues relating to bankruptcies and out of court debt restructurings, the tax aspects of initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions (both domestic and cross-border), structuring for private equity funds, and debt issuances. Mr. Kestenbaum’s clients include Arrow Electronics, The Carlyle Group, Cerberus Capital Partners, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Station Casinos, Towers Watson, and various court appointed creditors’ committees, including those in the Lehman, Enron, Refco, A&P and Winn-Dixie bankruptcy proceedings.
Recognition & Accomplishments
Mr. Kestenbaum is a member of the Executive Committee of the New York State Bar Association Tax Section, where he co-chairs the Committee on Bankruptcy and Operating Losses. He is also a vice chair of the ABA Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Industries Section. Articles by Mr. Kestenbaum appear in several publications including The Tax Lawyer, Tax Strategies for Corporate Acquisitions published by the Practising Law Institute and the Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law.
Mr. Kestenbaum received his B.A. from SUNY Albany and earned his J.D. with honors from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he was the executive editor of the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal and a member of the Order of the Coif.