Lucy W. Farr
Concentrates in the taxation of corporate finance, derivatives and structured finance, as well as on U.S. and international tax planning for financial institutions.
Lucy concentrates in the taxation of corporate finance, derivatives and structured finance, as well as on U.S. and international tax planning for financial institutions. She has advised financial institutions and issuers in the development and execution of complex public and private financial products designed to achieve capital raising, hedging or other objectives.
Lucy has also done significant work in bankruptcy and other restructuring matters and in representing investment funds.
She is a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel. She is co-chair of the Financial Instruments Committee of the Tax Section of the New York State Bar Association and has held multiple leadership roles in the ABA Section on Taxation.
Experience highlights
Recent Representations
- Tricida chapter 11 liquidation
- Bank of America €1 billion green bond offering
- Diebold Nixdorf chapter 11 cases and Dutch WHOA proceeding
- Lockheed Martin $2 billion senior notes offering
- Veeco Instruments $230 million convertible senior notes offering
- Toyota Motor Credit $2 billion notes offering
- Texas Instruments $1.6 billion notes offering
- Granite $373.75 million convertible senior notes and capped call transactions
- Meta Platforms $8.5 billion senior notes offering
- Morgan Stanley $6 billion senior notes offering
- Bank of America $8.5 billion fixed-to-floating-rate notes
- Nautilus Power refinancing and amendment to credit facilities
- WeWork comprehensive debt recapitalization transaction
- Texas Instruments $1.4 billion notes offering
- Encore Capital Group $230 million convertible senior notes offering
- Air Products concurrent €700 million and $600 million green notes offerings
Insights
News
Credentials
Recognition
Chambers USA – Tax, New York
Legal 500 U.S. – Tax: Financial Products
Who’s Who Legal – Corporate Tax: Advisory, Global Leader
Best Lawyers – Tax, New York
Education
- Editor in Chief, Yale Journal on Regulation
- cum laude
Professional history
- Partner, 2003-present
- Davis Polk since 1995
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York