Harry J. Friedman

• Represented GTCR in connection with its acquisition of Foundation Source, the nation’s largest provider of foundation management services.
• Representation of Brentwood Associates in the acquisition of Soft Surroundings, a direct marketer and specialty retailer of branded apparel, accessories, beauty products and home furnishings.
• Provided tax counsel for a number of private equity fund acquisitions and dispositions.
• Provided tax advice to Rowland Coffee Roasters, Inc., a privately held company based in Miami and best known for the leading Hispanic brands Café Bustelo^® and Café Pilon^®, in the $360 million sale of its coffee brands and business operations to The J.M. Smucker Company.
• Provided tax advice in connection with spin-offs and split-offs of public companies.
• Provided tax advice in connection with creating limited liability company structures for S corporations' targets.
• Provided tax advice in connection with the formation of real estate opportunity funds and private equity funds.
• Represented a tax exempt organization in a merger with another tax exempt organization.
• Represented a public corporation in connection with its acquisition by a public corporation in a tax-free reorganization.
• Representation of homebuilders in connection with joint ventures for development of building lots.

• Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Tax Law, 1999-2024
• Finalist, Daily Business Review, "Top Dealmaker of the Year – Corporate International Category," 2016
• Member, Winning Team, ACG New York Champion’s Awards, Deal of the Year (over $500mm); Cross-border Transaction of the Year (over $250mm) for $1.8 billion Acquisition of MacDermid, Inc. by Platform Acquisition Holdings Limited, 2014
• Member, Winning Team, "M&A Deal of the Year (Over $1 Billion to $5 Billion)" for Platform Specialty Products Corporation (f/k/a Platform Acquisition Holdings Limited) acquisition of MacDermid, Incorporated and related entities, The M&A Advisor’s 6th Annual International M&A Awards, 2014
• Finalist, Daily Business Review, "Top Dealmaker of the Year - Corporate Finance Category," 2013
• Finalist, Daily Business Review, "Top Dealmaker of the Year - Corporate International Category," 2013
• Member, Winning Team, Consumer and Retail Products Deal of the Year (over $200mm) for Merger of Burger King and Justice Holdings Ltd., ACG New York Champion’s Award, 2013
• Member, Winning Team, "M&A Deal of the Year (over $200mm to $500mm)" for Martin Resource Management Corporation ESOP, ACG New York Champion’s Award, 2013
• Member, Winning Team, "Middle-Market Deal of the Year, Corporate/Strategic Acquisition of the Year and Professional Services," ACG New York Champions Awards, 2012
• Recipient, Phoenix Business Journal, "Best of the Bar Award" for Tax Law, 2005
• Rated, AV Preeminent^® 5.0 out of 5.0

°AV^®, AV Preeminent^®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished^SM and Martindale-Hubbell Notable^SM are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell^® certification procedures, standards and policies.

• Member, American Bar Association, Tax Section
  • Co-Chair, Committee on Proposed Revenue Rulings of S Corporations (1991-1992)
  • Chair, Sub-Committee on Proposed and Temporary Regulations of S Corporations Committee (1984-1991)
• The Florida Bar
• Executive Counsel, Tax Section (1991-1992)
• Chair, Committee on Corporate Tax (1986-1988)
• Co-Chair, Committee on Administration of State Taxes (1991-1992)
• Vice-Chair, Committee on Relations between FICPA and Florida Bar