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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Offices

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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, DigitalBridge, 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’s transactional tax team regularly assists clients in the corporate, banking, private equity and real estate spaces on the tax aspects of major transactions. Marcy Geller, advising on private investment fund formation, M&A, REIT and real estate transactions, joint ventures, and corporate restructurings, leads the team alongside Nancy Mehlman, who offers broad expertise covering tax-free spin-offs, real estate transactions, fund formations, partnerships, and joint ventures, among other matters. Jonathan Goldstein advises major clients, including global investment firm Blackstone, on private investment fund formation, renewable energy transactions, and corporate restructurings. Russell Light has notable experience advising major private investment fund sponsors, including Apollo Global Management, Blackrock and The Carlyle Group. Benjamin Rippeon in Washington DC counts corporations, investment funds, sovereign wealth funds, partnerships, and SPACs among his client base. Andrew Purcell and Sophie Staples also stand out for their work, particularly in relation to M&A and private equity matters, respectively. Caroline Phillips and Jacqueline Clinton became partners in January 2024. Unless otherwise noted, all lawyers mentioned are based in New York.
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 and national security > CFIUS
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: 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+)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- 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
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- 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 > Project finance
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- 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
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Finance > Fintech