Robert Scarborough > Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Robert Scarborough

Work Department
Tax
Position
Partner
Career
Robert is a tax partner, based in our New York office.
Robert helps clients structure and close a wide range of complex corporate and financial transactions in tax-efficient ways.
Robert’s broad and deep experience means he can grasp his clients’ business needs quickly. He thinks creatively, developing structures that achieve client goals. His hands-on approach and attention to detail help ensure transactions close successfully.
In addition to his transactional work, Robert has experience advising Swiss and other non-US financial institutions on US tax compliance matters, including the Department of Justice’s settlement program for Swiss banks.
Complementing his practice, Robert taught tax law at Columbia Law School each year from 2013 to 2020.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Finance > Commercial lending
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism