Richard Ward > Debevoise & Plimpton LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Offices
65 GRESHAM STREET
LONDON
EC2V 7NQ
England
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Richard Ward
Work Department
Tax.
Position
Richard Ward is Co-Managing Partner for the firm in London, and Chair of the firm’s UK Tax practice. A broad-gauged UK corporate and transactional tax lawyer, Mr. Ward has advised an array of multinational clients on mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, financing transactions and private equity fund formation and operation.
Memberships
Law Society; International Fiscal Association (British branch).
Mr. Ward is a member of the international tax and tax reporting working group of Invest Europe.
Education
Cranleigh School, Surrey; St Edmund Hall, Oxford.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
(Hall of Fame)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
- Hall of Fame London > Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate tax London > Corporate and commercial
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