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Clifford Chance Offices

Clifford Chance
31 WEST 52ND STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10019-6131
NEW YORK
United States
31 WEST 52ND STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10019-6131
NEW YORK
United States
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Mr James Gouwar

+12128783388 [email protected]
Work Department
Capital Markets, Tax, Real Estate, Banks, Funds & Investment Management
Position
Jim Gouwar’s practice concentrates on the tax aspects of structured finance transactions such as mortgage- and asset-backed transactions, collateralized loan and debt obligations (cash and synthetic) and real estate mortgage investment conduits (REMICs).
Jim has been involved in the development of a number of innovative securitization structures and has worked with a broad range of financial assets.
Jim has experience with private equity funds, hedge funds, regulated investment companies, and other pooled investment vehicles.
Education
New York University School of Law (LLM, Taxation) 1988, University of Denver College of Law (J.D.) 1985, University of Denver (B.A.) 1982
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Tax > Financial products
- Tax > Financial products
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Tax > International tax
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Tax > Financial products
- Tax > Financial products
- Finance > Project finance
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Fintech
- Tax > International tax
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Real estate > Real estate
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power