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Mr Andrew Purcell
Work Department
Tax
Position
A Partner in the Firm’s Tax Practice, Drew Purcell advises clients on an array of tax matters, including financing, credit, M&A, spin off, private equity transactions and fund formations. Drew’s clients have included Blackstone, Silver Lake, New Mountain and Ingersoll Rand.
Career
Drew joined Simpson Thacher in 2008 and was made partner in 2018. He is author of The Umbrellas of Subchapter K, an article on UP-C and other umbrella partnership structures published as part of the Practising Law Institute’s Partnership Tax Practice Series.
Memberships
New York State Bar Association Tax Section.
Education
Drew received his J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, from New York University School of Law in 2008, where he was an Executive Editor of the NYU Law Review. He received his B.A., magna cum laude, from Duke University in 2004. He is admitted to practice in New York.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
(Next Generation Partners)Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is called upon by multinational corporations, banks, investment funds and other businesses for advice on their largest and most complex transactions, offering the full spectrum of deal and fund capabilities. The group has a leading M&A and private equity tax offering, exemplified by its recent involvement in Microsoft Corporation’s $75bn acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The team is also engaged on fund formations, matters relating to real estate investments by fund sponsors, and complex IPOs in the capital markets space. Based in New York unless stated otherwise, the team is spearheaded by seasoned corporate tax lawyers Nancy Mehlman and Marcy Geller, whose combined expertise spans M&A, real estate (including REITs), fund formations, joint ventures, and financings. Jonathan Goldstein specializes in private investment fund formations, while Russell Light is experienced in debt restructurings and big-ticket SPACs. Andrew Purcell is the first port of call for clients operating in the tech sector; recent highlights include multi-billion dollar acquisitions for DigitalBridge, New Mountain Capital and Silver Lake. Also noted for their strengths are up-and-coming Sophie Staples and Washington DC-based Benjamin Rippeon.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners United States > Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- US taxes: non-contentious United States > Tax
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Tax > Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Tax > International tax
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Finance > Project finance
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Fintech
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)