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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Offices

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NEW YORK, NY 10006
NEW YORK
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Mr James Duncan

Position
Mr. Duncan’s practice focuses on tax aspects of acquisitions, restructurings and joint ventures; structural planning for global financial services companies, private equity funds and other multinational businesses, advice concerning the implications of domestic and multilateral regulatory and tax developments, including BEPS; derivatives and financial products; complex tax controversies.
Career
Mr. Duncan joined the firm in 1979 and became a partner in 1988. From 1992 to 2008, he was based in the London office.
Memberships
Mr. Duncan is a member of the Bar in New York and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He is also a member of the International Fiscal Association
Education
Mr. Duncan received an L.L.M degree from New York University Law School in 1984, a J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1979 and an undergraduate degree from Yale College.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Tax > Financial products
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Finance > Project finance
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Finance > Project finance
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism