Dechert LLP

Tax.

Senior Counsel

Mark Stapleton advises on UK and international direct and indirect taxation issues. He has extensive experience in relation to advising offshore funds and the investment management sector, particularly global and international private credit/hybrid debt funds and hedge funds. He also has specialist tax experience of providing structuring and tax advice in relation to CLOs. In addition, he advises on acquisitions of public and private companies, real estate acquisitions, securitisations, structured finance and a variety of other banking, financial and corporate transactions.

Mr. Stapleton is experienced in advising on structuring and establishing international holding companies and financing companies used in connection with inward investment transactions, cross-border acquisitions and also corporate migrations.

Mr. Stapleton is a member and past chairman of the taxation committee of the Alternative Investment Management Association, a member of the tax committee of the Alternative Credit Council, a Chartered Tax Adviser and also a member of the International Fiscal Association.

Chairman of the Taxation Committee; Alternative Investment Management Association; Tax Sub-committee; Chartered Institute of Taxation (European Branch); International Fiscal Association.

The University of Nottingham (1985 LLB).