The New York-based tax team at Clifford Chance has extensive experience advising on the full range of international and domestic tax matters. The team frequently handles prominent acquisitions as well as investments. Paul Seraganian steers the practice and predominately focuses on private M&A. Seraganian also advises on the establishment and structuring of private equity and private credit investments. Philip Wagman excels in a wide array of transactional matters, including M&A, joint ventures and securities offerings. Michael Seaton specializes in transactions involving public and private REITs, while Avrohom Gelber oversees cross-border finance and capital markets transactions. James Gouwar handles structured finance mandates and Rebecca Pereira undertakes international fund matters. Corporate and partnership taxation expert Hannah Richard is also a name to note. Kevin Colan left the firm in July 2025.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Extremely technical, very good at describing complex issues to investment professionals. Creatively addresses problems and provides commercial solutions’
‘Paul Seraganian is extremely technical, very helpful and always practical.
‘Todd Lowther and Maggie Shi were willing to do the hard research and wade through issues. I think they are the industry leaders in this area.’
‘Todd Lowther and Maggie Shi go above and beyond on client service. They are always available and all of their work whether a tax memo, or negotiation of a tax credit sale agreement is excellent. After years of working together I've never discovered a single error in their work.
'Truly I cannot recommend them highly enough. ’
Key clients
- Legal & General Group plc
- Informa
- MEC Global Partners Asia
- Dream Residential REIT
- Roc360 Real Estate Income Trust Inc
- Viking Global Investors
Work highlights
Advised Legal & General (LSE: LGEN) on the sale of its US life insurance business to Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company.
Advised long-time client Informa (LSE: INF.L) on the combination of its Informa Tech digital businesses with TechTarget (Nasdaq: TTGT).
Advising MECGPA as fund manager in respect of ongoing operations for MECGPA's US$2 billion pan-Asian open-ended core plus fund, including an injection of sponsor capital and potential investments by German pension funds.
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Practice head
Paul Seraganian
Other key lawyers
Philip Wagman; Michael Seaton; Avrohom Gelber; James Gouwar; Rebecca Pereira; Hannah Richard; Todd Lowther; Maggie Shi