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William B. Sherman
Partner
Ft Lauderdale

William B. Sherman, Chair of the Firm's Tax Team, practices in the area of domestic and international taxation. He has provided sophisticated tax planning for mergers and acquisitions,...

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Case Studies
Taxation

$2 Billion Company Created from Two Fortune 500 Companies
 

When two Fortune 500 companies – a pharmaceutical services company and a healthcare services company – decided to combine forces to create PharMerica Corporation, a $2 billion company, Holland & Knight was chosen to represent the new, independent, NYSE publicly traded company. The complex transaction required a cross-functional Holland & Knight team handling M&A, securities, intellectual property, a $425 million credit facility, real estate, IT outsourcing, licensing, health and pharmacy law, tax issues and governance issues.