Seth M. Buchwald

• Represented Total System Services (TSYS) in its $1.05 billion acquisition of Cayan, a payment technology company with operations in the U.S. and Northern Ireland.
• Advised Synovus Financial Corp. in its $2.9 billion acquisition of FCB Financial Holdings.
• Represented LinQuest Corporation, a federal government contractor and leading provider of space systems technology solutions to the U.S. defense and intelligence communities, in the sale of a controlling interest to Madison Dearborn Partners and CoVant Management.
• Advised Synovus Financial Corp. on a $350 million preferred stock offering.
• Represented a publicly traded company protesting a $12 million IRS disallowance of research and experimentation (R&E) credits and obtained an 80% IRS concession.
• Representing a publicly traded company protesting an $18 million IRS disallowance of bad debt expense deductions.
• Represented multiple clients and assisted with the preparation of disclosures of foreign bank accounts and assets through the IRS’s Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP).

Seth Buchwald is an associate in the Federal & International Tax Group. He uses his experience as a former certified public accountant (CPA) to understand and assist U.S. and multinational clients on planning and compliance with domestic and international tax issues, including international corporate restructurings, civil and criminal tax controversy, and M&A. Seth also has experience advising insurance companies and managing agents in coverage for specified tax risks in M&A transactions and has worked extensively with various provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, including the Section 965 transition tax, global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI), base erosion and anti-abuse tax (BEAT), and Section 962 elections. 

Before joining Alston & Bird, Seth gained experience interning for the Honorable Tony M. Davis of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas and the global energy transaction group of a major Houston law firm. He also interned for a small Houston tax-focused boutique firm, advising high-net-worth individuals on tax matters. As a former CPA, he gained a variety of experiences working in external and internal audits and tax compliance.

Bar Admissions

• Georgia

Education

• University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 2017)
• University of Georgia (B.B.A., 2011)

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