Damon Yousefy

Damon Yousefy is a managing director with Alvarez & Marsal Tax, LLC in Dallas. He specializes in advising clients on tax issues of debt restructurings, bankruptcies, mergers and acquisitions and internal restructurings. Mr. Yousefy has worked with clients across a range of industries, including financial services, technology, mining, oil and gas, consumer products, manufacturing, shipping, automotive and health care. He more than 11 years of experience and has advised clients in 30+ complex debt-restructuring and bankruptcy matters, including the bankruptcy tax modeling and tax structuring for a radio company with $16 billion in debt, a mattress company with $2+ billion in debt and a mining company with $1.5+ billion in debt. Mr. Yousefy also brings M&A experience, specifically in tax due diligence, tax structuring, basis step-up modeling, international tax, legal entity rationalization, internal restructurings, carve-outs, spinoffs, sell-side offerings and joint ventures. He has led engagements such as the $8 billion simultaneous acquisition and structuring of two label companies purchased by a leading private-equity firm; the merger of two nationally known publicly traded beverage companies worth $19 billion; and the sale of a nationally known cosmetics brand to a global conglomerate for approximately $1 billion. Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Yousefy spent more than five years with PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Mergers & Acquisitions Tax practice, where he most recently served as director. He began his career in New York in the Transaction Tax practice of Ernst & Young LLP. Mr. Yousefy received his B.B.A. in business cum laude from Baylor University, and his M.B.A. in finance and J.D. cum laude from Indiana University.