About David E. Cowling
Practice Areas
- Tax
- Real Estate
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Franchising
Education
- New York University School of Law, New York, New York, 1977LL.M.
- The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1976J.D.
- Honors: Order of Barristers
- Texas Tech University, 1973B.A.
- Honors: National Merit Scholar
- Honors: With Honor
Representative Cases
- Alon USA Energy acquires Edgington Oil from Apex Oil
- Centex in dispute with State of Nevada regarding sales tax (2009)
- EDS involved in dispute regarding tax benefit transfer transactions (2009)
- Home Interiors & Gifts, Inc. successful in challenge with Department of Revenue regarding Illinois' assessment on interest earned from investments
- J.C. Penney sells Eckerd drugstore operations to CVS Corp. and The Jean Coutu Group (2009)
- Kaiser Aluminum and twenty of its subsidiaries emerge successfully from chapter 11 protection (2009)
- Loewen Group International and 870 affiliated entities file for chapter 11 (2009)
- Major property owner participates in sale-leaseback involving 53 properties
- NationsRent, Inc. and its subsidiaries file for chapter 11 in $1.2 billion reorganization of company
- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco acquired Santa Fe Natural Tobacco
- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco combines with BAT's Brown & Williamson to form Reynolds American (2009)
- Sabre receives synthetic lease financing for new corporate headquarters in Southlake, Texas
- SKM restructures All-In-One Products and USA Printing & Mailing
- Southland Corporation obtains a series of taxpayer victories from prior sale of Stock Notes (2009)
- Southland Corporation prevails in constitutional challenge to Maryland tax assessment on sale of Citgo stock
- Teleglobe sells core voice and data business to Cerberus Capital Management and TenX Capital Partners
- Texas Instruments receives economic development incentives for new semiconductor plant in Texas
- Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corporation merges with Valero Energy
- Wachovia Bank is represented by firm in offshore business arrangement and access to Genpact's global operations (2009)
- Williams Power successfully defends proceedings arising from improperly assessed utility user taxes (2009)
- Xcel Energy purchases all outstanding public shares of NRG Energy
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- New York
- Texas
- Supreme Court of the United States of America
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- Partner-In-Charge Dallas
- Of Counsel
- Partner
- Partner
Nearby Lawyers
- Tax
- Real Estate
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Franchising
- 0.7 mile away
- 0.5 mile away
- 38.5 miles away
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