Ron J. Scharnberg

Ron’s practice focuses on advising clients on a wide range of federal tax matters, with particular emphasis on the federal tax planning and structuring of domestic and cross-border/international mergers and acquisitions, tax-free reorganizations, spin-offs and divestitures, joint ventures and partnerships, restructurings, financial instruments, financing transactions, litigation funding, and equity and debt offerings. He is also involved in federal and cross-border/international tax planning and structuring for publicly traded and privately held companies in connection with their business activities and operations, and for private equity funds and their portfolio companies in connection with their formations, investment activities and platforms, joint ventures and partnerships, and operations.

Experience

Representative matters

European Sustainable Growth Acquisition Corp. (EUSG) – $580 million de-SPAC acquisition of ADS-TEC Energy GmbH, a leading German manufacturer of battery charging platforms

Tango Management Consulting – Equity growth investment in Tango Management Consulting, a leading provider of cloud-based store lifecycle management and integrated workplace management software, by Berkshire Partners

IMC Group (a Waterland Private Equity portfolio company) – Cross-border acquisition of Wedgewood Communications, a US based full service biopharma commercial communications and advertising agency

European Sustainable Growth Acquisition Corp. (EUSG) – $580 million de-SPAC acquisition of ADS-TEC Energy GmbH, a leading German manufacturer of battery charging platforms

IMC Group (a Waterland Private Equity portfolio company) – Cross-border acquisition of Wedgewood Communications, a US based full service biopharma commercial communications and advertising agency

Fortress Investment Group – Multiple investments and acquisitions

STORY3 Capital Partners – Cross-border investment in Coco Republic, an Australian premium home furnishings and lifestyle brand, and related acquisition financing

Grace Therapeutics, Inc. – Cross-border acquisition by Acasti Pharma Inc.

Pelican Energy Partners – Multiple acquisitions and sales of energy services, manufacturing, and technology portfolio companies

Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC – Multiple add-on acquisitions of ecological restoration companies and mitigation banks

Ara Partners – Acquisition of Fluitron and Fluitron’s acquisition of Bethlehem Hydrogen

KushCo, Inc. – Tax-free acquisition by Greenlane Holdings Inc.

Delmar Systems, Inc. – Acquisition of Vryhof, including its Deep Sea Mooring and Vryhof Anchors divisions

Wabash Valley Resources LLC – Sale of a 20% interest in its clean hydrogen project to Nikola Corporation

Riverstone Holdings – Formation and funding of Vera Renovables with Opdenergy and acquisition of two solar plants in Mexico from Opdenergy

Halliburton – $1.0 billion Senior Notes Offering and Concurrent Cash Tender Offers, and multiple acquisitions and upstream oil and gas participations and joint ventures

Murphy Oil – Approximately $1.6 billion acquisition of deep water Gulf of Mexico assets from LLOG Exploration Offshore, LLC and LLOG Bluewater Holdings, LLC

NASCAR – $2 billion acquisition of International Speedway Corporation

Artist Capital Management – Series B Funding investment in 100 Thieves, a leading lifestyle brand and esports organization

4M Capital, Ltd., d/b/a Arteriors Homes (“Arteriors”) – Acquisition of Arteriors by Norwest Equity Partners, LP

WorleyParsons Ltd. – $3.2 billion acquisition of the energy, chemicals, resource division of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. – $750 million acquisition of EP Minerals

Era Group Inc. – Sale of its interest in Dart Holding Company Ltd. joint venture

EVX Midstream – Acquisition of saltwater disposal assets

The Carlyle Group – $2.6 billion upstream oil and gas joint venture with Hilcorp Energy Co.

Lime Rock Partners/GEO Dynamics – $525 million sale of GEO Dynamics, Inc. to Oil States International, Inc.

Oil Search – $400 million acquisition of oil assets in the Alaska North Slope

Advising on the Section 45Q Carbon Oxide Sequestration Tax Credit and potential tax equity structures

Acquisition of a privately held Canadian business with U.S. operations by a U.S. based private equity fund

Business combination of a privately held U.S. bio-pharmaceutical company with a publicly traded German bio-pharmaceutical company

Acquisition of two privately held Chilean companies by a privately held U.S. supplier of products and services for process control and flow control

Acquisition of subsea controls systems business in the U.S., the U.K., Norway, Singapore, and the U.A.E. by a privately held global oil field products and services provider

Chinese joint venture for a privately held U.S. coal technology company

Structuring Panamanian pipeline and trading business activity for a publicly traded U.S. transportation fuel supplier

Inbound LNG facility joint venture for a publicly traded Japanese company

Acquisition of a privately held energy specialty products and services company by a publicly traded water, hygiene, and energy technology and services company

Sale of a publicly traded home security company to a publicly traded conglomerate

Divestiture of an automotive parts business by a publicly traded company also involved in building products manufacturing

Sale of a privately held company in the business of selling and designing solid state storage solutions to a publicly traded information technology company

Sale of a refinery by a publicly traded U.S. transportation fuel supplier

Acquisition of a mobile land drilling rig business by a private equity fund

Multiple acquisitions by a privately held forged products sub-systems and systems integration manufacturer

Convertible note offerings by a publicly traded drilling company

Australian real estate fund in connection with U.S. real estate investments and U.S. real estate funds

Canadian mining company in a U.S. mining exploration joint venture

High yield note offering by a Canadian exploration and development company

FATCA advice for Australian, Canadian, Chinese, German, and UK financial institutions, insurance companies, and non-financial institutions

Restructuring of a portfolio company of a private equity fund

Internal spin-off within a U.S. consolidated group

Sale of a food product provider portfolio company by a private equity fund to a portfolio company of another private equity fund

Bankruptcy for a publicly traded company

Debt restructuring transactions for a publicly traded company

Structuring advice to a pension fund of a Canadian company in connection with U.S. investments

FIRPTA advice and analysis to an Australian company

Subpart F planning and advice to a privately held U.S. company

Tax sharing agreement disputes between a telecommunications company and a media company

Recognitions

Ranked in Chambers USA for Texas Tax, 2025
Ranked in Chambers USA as Up and Coming for Texas Tax, 2023-2024
Named an LMG Rising Star in Tax by Euromoney PLC, 2016

Credentials

Education

University of Texas School of Law, 2006, J.D., high honors; Order of the Coif; Chancellors, Staff Member, Texas Law Review
Texas A&M University, 2003, B.B.A., Finance, magna cum laude