SURESH ADVANI focuses his practice on federal income tax matters. Suresh represents domestic and foreign corporations involved in mergers and acquisitions, partnerships and joint ventures, spinoffs and other divisive transactions, financial products, asset securitizations, restructurings of financially-troubled corporations and partnerships, and foreign and domestic securities offerings. Since 2007, he has been named annually in the Tax section of America’s Leading Lawyers for Business published by Chambers USA. Suresh is also recommended for tax in several other publications such as The Legal 500 U.S., Tax Directors Handbook, and Who’s Who Legal: Corporate Tax Lawyers. Suresh has also been recognized in the 2013–2024 editions of The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Tax law and was recently named 2024 Tax “Lawyer of the Year” for Chicago.
In addition, Suresh regularly advises debtors and creditors on tax aspects of insolvency proceedings and debt restructurings. Representative (public) engagements include Mattress Firm, Inc. (client, Debtor), HCR Manor Care, Inc. (client, Debtor), Key Energy Services Ltd. (client, Debtor), UCI International LLC (client, Debtor), Dynegy Holdings, LLC (client, Debtor), Lee Enterprises, Inc. (client, Debtor), Station Casinos, Inc. (client, Senior Lenders), Tribune Company (client, Debtor); RH Donnelley (client, Debtor); Smurfit-Stone Container (client, Debtor); Merisant (client, Debtor); Budget Rent A Car Corporation (client, Debtor); Meridian Automotive Systems (client, Debtor); Owens Corning (client, Debtor); Federal-Mogul Corporation (client, Debtor); and Pliant Corporation (client, Debtor).