Andrew Ratts > Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP Offices
321 North Clark Street
32nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60654
ILLINOIS
United States
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Andrew Ratts
Work Department
Tax; Real Estate, Energy, Land Use & Environmental
Position
Andrew Ratts is a partner in the Tax Practice Group in Sheppard Mullin’s Chicago Office.
Andrew’s practice focuses on federal income taxation, advising various clients on tax issues relating to business formations, acquisitions, divestitures, debt reorganizations, executive compensation, investments, financings, operating joint ventures, leasing, public and private debt/equity offerings and derivatives.
Andrew is frequently involved with tax-advantaged direct investments; private equity and hedge funds; investment funds; real estate and energy credit syndications; project finance; leveraged leasing; mergers; lending; and sales and exchanges. He is particularly experienced with the federal income taxation of pass-through entities, such as partnerships; limited liability companies; S corporations and grantor trusts; and of financial instruments and derivatives.
Education
J.D., Harvard Law School, 1987, cum laude
B.S., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1984, highest honors
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Firm Rankings
- Government > Government contracts
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Real estate > Real estate finance