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Leveraging 'good basic understanding of tax laws across jurisdictions', Morrison & Foerster is particularly skilled at advising on cross-border tax structuring work associated with transactions handled by the firm. In this context, 'very commercial and extremely responsive' New York-qualified team head Matthew Lau excels in advising Asian corporates on the tax law issues associated with their US corporate/M&A activity. Zhifei Xie is also a key member of the team and is particularly focused on advising US and Asia-based fund sponsors and investors on tax issues in relation to the formation of, and investments in private funds.
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'They have strong skills especially in understanding and distilling issues across jurisdictions. They are also willing to ask the right questions which helps analyse/narrow down issues for clients.’
'They tend to have a good basic understanding of tax laws across jurisdictions which helps them formulate the right questions rather than starting from scratch.’
Key clients
- GLP Pte. Ltd.
- SoftBank Group/ SoftBank Vision Fund/ SoftBank Ventures Asia
Work highlights
- Advised Sekisui House, Ltd. on the tax aspects of its $4.9bn acquisition of M.D.C. Holdings, Inc., a large US homebuilder listed on the NYSE.
- Advised Ascendent Capital Partners on the tax aspects of its $1.66bn acquisition of Nasdaq-listed Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd., a leading automation control system solutions provider in China.