Mr Andrew Davis > Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP’s New York-based tax team designs tax-efficient structures for a broad range of US and cross-border transactions, including mergers, spin-offs, joint ventures, private equity fund formations, and internal restructurings. Practice head Lauren Angelilli focuses on advising clients on the tax and structuring aspects of M&A, joint ventures, and spin-offs. Alongside advising on the tax aspects of M&A, Ronald Creamer advises clients on the IRS review and execution of tax-efficient financing techniques. Christopher Fargo advises on transactions across a wide range of industries, such as media and entertainment, consumer products, retail, and energy. Leonard Teti has extensive expertise advising companies on the tax issues arising out of complex, cross-border M&A and spin-off transactions as well as advising clients during audits by the IRS and other tax authorities. Andrew Davis has a special focus on the tax aspects of M&A, including SPAC, spin-offs, and private equity transactions. As well as advising on M&A, Arvind Ravichandran also advises clients on strategic alliances, restructuring transactions and related financing, and private equity investments across multiple asset classes.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP’s premier transactional tax practice in New York advises on a wide range of matters, including mergers, spin-offs, joint ventures, fund formations, and restructurings. The team’s client base includes leading names such as Johnson & Johnson and The Walt Disney Company, with the team recently advising Johnson & Johnson in connection with the separation of major pure-play consumer health company Kenvue, Inc., a historic split-off transaction. Lauren Angelilli, focusing on the tax aspects of domestic and cross-border M&A spin-offs, restructurings, and joint ventures, leads the department. Ronald Creamer offers notable expertise in cross-border acquisitions and dispositions as well as in relation to the IRS review of tax-efficient financing techniques and capital markets transactions. Christopher Fargo advises on mergers, reorganizations, securities offerings, and joint ventures in a wide range of industries, including media, retail, telecoms, energy, healthcare and fintech. Leonard Teti assists clients in spin-offs and private equity transactions as well as during IRS audits. Andrew Davis‘s diverse practice covers SPAC, spin-off, and private equity transactions as well as securities offerings, while Arvind Ravichandran represents major clients in the mining, tech, and healthcare sectors, among others.