Eric C. Willenbacher

Eric Willenbacher, a partner in Goodwin’s Tax practice, works on a range of federal tax matters including mergers and acquisitions, partnerships and joint ventures, general corporate and international taxation. He has extensive experience in advising sponsors, managers and investors on the tax aspects of the formation and operation of private equity, venture capital and hedge funds and other investment vehicles and the investments made by those funds and vehicles. Eric also works with REITs, S corporations, tax-exempt entities and foreign investors on a variety of transactions.

Eric has represented clients in transactions involving billions of dollars, including the following recent representations:

• Bregal Sagemount Basecamp Fund’s in its investment in 360 Advanced, Inc. 
• Frazier Healthcare Partners in its acquisition of DirectMed Imagine, a leading provider of aftermarket parts and component repairs for diagnostic imagining equipment
• Frazier Healthcare Partners in its acquisition of BioMatrix Specialty Infusion Pharmacy, a specialty pharmacy company 
• Frazier Healthcare Partners in its sale of the Parata Systems, LLC (d/b/a TCGRx), a pharmacy technolocy solutions company
• Frazier Healthcare Partners in its sale of United Distive Holdings, LLC, a physician practice management company focused on delivering value for GI physicians and gastroenterology practices nationwide
• Frazier Healthcare Partners in its acquisition of RevSpring
• Banner Capital Amanagement,LLC in its acquisition of Vision Graphics, LLC, a graphics provider
• Lead Edge Capital in its sale of SafeSend, a cloud-native provider of technology for tax and accounting professionals
• Lead Edge Capital in its acquisition of Revenue Analytics, a revenue management system software-as-a-service
• The Mentor Network in its acquisition of D&S Community Service
• Lead Edge Capital in its acquisition of HOlistiplan Corporation, a provider of tax planning software that helps financial planners provide more efficient tax planning advice
• Lead Edge Capital in its acquisition of GrowthZone, LLC and Membersuite, Inc.
• Coral Tree Partners in its acquisition of Team Subject Matter, LLC and the latter’s acquisition of Kivvit, LLC.
• Enhanced Healthcare Partners in its acquisitions of Synergy Surgicalists, LLC and EA Health, LLC, each high performance clinical staffing and management services for emergency medicine, orthopedi and general surgery, staffing and specialty on-call services
• Openview Venture Partners, LP with various investments
• TZP Group Investments, L.P. in its acquisition of Itzy Ritzy
• Paramount Group Inc. in connection with its $2.6 billion IPO, the largest IPO in the REIT industry ever at the time

Eric is a member of the New York State Bar Association and New York City Bar Association. He is also a member of the Tax Section of the New York State Bar Association.