Lee G. Zimet

Senior Director
30+ years of experience
Specializes in M&A structuring, bankruptcy and restructurings, net operating losses (NOLs) and inbound transactions
Morristown
@alvarezmarsal
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Lee G. Zimet is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal Tax, LLC in Morristown, NJ.

Mr. Zimet brings over 30 years of experience. He specializes in M&A structuring, bankruptcy and restructuring transactions, net operating losses (NOLs) and planning for inbound investments in the U.S.

Mr. Zimet's experience includes serving as an expert in litigation on income tax and M&A contractual issues regarding the sale of business assets. He has structured a complex $500 million transfer of a retail business between related parties and has structured several estate-freeze transactions. Mr. Zimet has also assisted a government agency in understanding the tax issues involving a hypothetical failure of a significant financial institution.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Zimet was a senior director at WTS U.S. Prior to WTS, he was served a principal at Berdon LLP and previously he was a Director with Deloitte and an associate at Shearman & Sterling. He has also taught a course on the consolidated return regulations at New York Law School.

Mr. Zimet earned his bachelor's degree, magna cum laude from CW Post College, a J.D, cum laude from New York Law School, and an LL.M in taxation from New York University School of Law. He is a former chairman of the ABA Tax Section Committee on Bankruptcy & Workouts and the NYSSCPA Bankruptcy and Financial Reorganizations Committee and annually publishes updates on Section 382 and related provisions.

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Learn the 2025 limitations on corporate tax attributes in an analysis of Section 382 and related provisions, by Lee G. Zimet of Alvarez & Marsal.
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In many M&A share transactions, tax losses may represent significant hidden value. But that value depends particularly on two key questions: Can the tax losses survive the transaction and can the parties mutually agree on a business plan substantiating the future usage of the potentially surviving tax losses? Our article outlines how jurisdiction-specific rules — especially Germany’s strict change-in-ownership regime — affect the usability of tax losses post-closing, whether tax losses can provide a shelter for historic tax risks and why tax losses impact purchase price negotiations.
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