Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher advises multinational corporates, investment funds, sovereign wealth funds and financial institutions on complex domestic and cross-border tax matters, with particular expertise spanning M&A, financings, capital markets, investment funds, restructurings, real estate and tax planning. The practice is chaired globally by Sandy Bhogal, who is widely recognised for his expertise in corporate and international tax. Supporting the practice, Ben Fryer's practice covers banking, private equity, restructurings, corporate finance and real estate matters, and Jeffrey Trinklein divides his time between London and New York.
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- The firm has a long history of working collaboratively on some of our most sizable and complex transactions. The assistance from a tax perspective covers some of the most critical commercial matters, including joint venture arrangements, management incentive plans, and SPAs. Their extensive knowledge of such significant transactions, along with the technical skill, enables us to operate at an elevated level.
- Sandy Bhogal has been providing us with deep commercial and tax insights throughout the relationship. The investment in the relationship, along with ongoing investment in the partnership and knowledge sharing, has been exceptional.
- The Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher team is hugely responsive and they offer excellent technical tax advice. I appreciated their support as part of a recent time-sensitive UK real estate transaction.
- I really appreciated being able to work with Sandy Bhogal. Sandy is hugely experienced, and he was able to identify potential pitfalls throughout our transaction and brought those to my attention. Helpfully, Sandy was able to take time out from his busy schedule to really understand our motivations. It was a pleasure to work with Sandy and his team.
- Ben Fryers has exceptional technical and coordination capabilities.
- Superb technical and coordination capabilities, plus very consistent.
Key clients
- Veritas Funds
- Merck & Co
- RedBird Capital
- Kimberly-Clark Corporation
- KKR
- Elliott Investment Management
- Canary Wharf Group
- Investcorp
- Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
- Welltower Inc.
- Apollo Global Management
- Blackstone Inc
Lawyers
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Practice head
Sandy Bhogal
Other key lawyers
Ben Fryer; Jeff Trinklein; Bridget English