Dennis Caracristi > Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
601 LEXINGTON AVENUE
31ST FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10022
NEW YORK
United States

Work Department

Tax

Position

Counsel

Career

Dennis advises on a variety of US tax matters in the United States, Europe and Asia, particularly on issues relating to M&A, cross-border transactions and financial products.

He focuses on M&As, public and private offerings of stock, debt and other financial products, spinoffs and demergers, structured derivatives, collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), securitizations, conventional and synthetic financings, and specialized tax advisory and structuring matters.

He also has extensive experience with both public and private transactions in the US, European and Asian markets.

Clients include multinational banking groups, underwriters, public companies, private equity and hedge funds, and CLO issuers.

Education

  • L.L.M, taxation, New York University School of Law
  • J.D., magna cum laude, Hofstra University School of Law
  • B.A., politics, economics and society, SUNY Old Westbury

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Tax > Financial products

(Rising stars)

Dennis CaracristiFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

United States > Tax > International tax

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP supports both US and international clients on major, complex and transformative transactions with knowledge and experience in legal and tax regimes across developing markets. The team advises corporations in several sectors, PE, investment funds and financial institutions on issues such as carve-outs and demergers, joint ventures and partnerships, flotations and group restructuring. Claude Stansbury leads the practice from Washington DC and advises multinational companies and private equity funds on acquisitions, financings, restructurings and disposals. Robert Scarborough operates out of New York with the rest of the team and advises financial institutions on optimizing their global group structure, supply chains, ownership of intangibles and intercompany transactions. Dennis Caracristi focuses on M&A, public and private offerings of stock, debt and other financial products while David Mitchell handles tax issues relating to financial products transactions and capital markets.