Vincent Thomas

Experience

1. Partner and Co-chair of Young Conaway Business Planning and Tax Section

   Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, Llp

   Feb 2014 — Present · Wilmington, DE, US

   Vince practices in the firm’s tax and business planning sections. His business practice primarily involves counseling companies in complex business transactions, including, mergers, acquisitions, corporate restructurings, and financing transactions. He also has substantial experience counseling distressed companies with tax issues, Delaware corporate governance advice, and transactional matters. Recently, Vince successfully argued a $350 million NOL tax issue on behalf of a client in the Bankruptcy Court, assisted clients with the negotiation of substantial DIP financing, and structured and negotiated numerous out of court asset sales and liquidations for distressed clients. Regionally, Vince has served as primary counsel for a number of large businesses. He has represented such businesses with general tax and transactional advice, including asset and stock purchase agreements, LLC agreements, partnership agreements, corporate charter documents and shareholders\' agreements. One significant business owner client has referred to Vince as a “client’s Swiss army knife who has great business judgment, provides sound practical advice, and is well versed in tax, transactional, and financing matters.” Vince also has a substantial trust practice. He primarily represents institutional trustees with all aspects of the administration of Delaware statutory and common law trusts, including, transfer of trust situs, trust reviews, tax planning, decanting, merger, and petitions in the Delaware Court of Chancery. Vince has extensive experience with DING Trusts, Delaware asset protection trusts, Delaware dynasty trusts, Delaware statutory trusts, liquidating trusts, settlement trusts and other sophisticated tax planning structures. He routinely combines his tax, trust and transactional experience to advise distressed companies with liquidation structures.

Education

• Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law

  Master of Laws (LL.M.), Taxation

  2007 — 2010

• Widener University Schools of Law

  Juris Doctor (J.D.), Law

  2002 — 2005

• Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics at University of Delaware

  Bachelor's Degree, Accounting

  1998 — 2002

Skills

• Corporate Law
• Legal Writing
• Trusts & Estates, Taxation, Commercial Transactions, Commercial Real Estate