Biography: Corporate Tax

Suresh T Advani is a partner in Sidley's Chicago office who focuses on federal income tax matters. Mr Advani represents domestic and foreign corporations involved in mergers and acquisitions, partnerships and joint ventures, spin-offs and other divisive transactions, financial products, asset securitisations, 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.

Mr Advani regularly advises debtors and creditors on tax aspects of insolvency proceedings and debt restructurings. Representative (public) engagements include 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).

Mr Advani is a member of the American Bar Association section of taxation and the Chicago Bar Association. He has spoken and lectured at seminars for the American and Chicago bar associations, the Tax Executives Institute, Practising Law Institute, The University of Chicago and Chicago-Kent College of Law, among others.

Mr Advani received his JD (cum laude, Order of the Coif) from Northwestern University School of Law in 1992 and his BS (with highest honours) from the University of Illinois in 1987. He is admitted in Illinois.