Matthew Saronson > Debevoise & Plimpton LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Offices

65 GRESHAM STREET
LONDON
EC2V 7NQ
England
- Firm Profile
- Go to...
Matthew Saronson

Work Department
Tax.
Position
Matt Saronson focuses on advising sponsors and investors on the U.S. and international tax aspects of private equity funds and representing private equity and corporate clients in connection with complex, cross-border and multi-jurisdictional acquisitions, dispositions, financings and partnership transactions. Working with the firm’s fund formation lawyers in the U.S., Europe and Asia, he has advised on a broad spectrum of private funds.
Career
Clerk Supreme Court of Vermont; qualified 1998; Debevoise & Plimpton New York 1997; London office 2003; partner 2006; admitted to the Bars of New York and Vermont.
Memberships
Mr. Saronson is a member of the taxation committee of the British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association, and of the international tax and tax reporting working group of Invest Europe.
Education
Mr. Saronson received a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) in 1994, where he graduated with highest honors and a J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he graduated with highest honors in 1997 and was a member of the Law Review. Mr. Saronson was a member of the Order of the Coif and Phi Beta Kappa. He is admitted to the Bar in New York and Vermont.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has core strength in investment funds, undertaking all work relating to tax structuring and planning. Richard Ward, whose practice covers investment funds, finance, and transactional tax matters, co-leads the team alongside Matthew Saronson, whose focus is advising clients on international tax issues, in particular US tax matters. Cécile Beurrier‘s practice covers matters relating to the taxation of private equity and debt funds, as well as corporate finance and M&A. Matthew Pincus has key expertise in secondary transactions, while ‘absolute star’ Jennifer Wheater contributes additional expertise in real estate funds.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Risk advisory > ESG
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory