A&O Shearman’s tax offering encompasses a wide range of corporate, private equity and finance transactions. The team is headed up by M&A expert Larry Crouch and caters to multinational corporations, investment banking companies and other financial institutions. Crouch also oversees tax planning matters relating to other international transactions, such as capital markets transactions and joint ventures. He splits his time between New York and Silicon Valley. Other key members of the team include Dallas-based Ryan Bray, who specializes in corporate and international tax issues and John Hibbard, who is located in New York and excels in a wide array of M&A and cross-border financing transactions. In Washington DC, Matthew Brown is a key contact for tax planning and transactional matters and has a particular focus on corporate and partnership transactions.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Very personable and user-friendly team; able to communicate complicated advice in a simple way; knowledgeable; very responsive.’
‘As law firms go, A&O has been one of my favorites to work with. They are always available, knowledgeable, and welcome questions and collaborations. ’
- Ryan Bray was always super collaborative and helpful when explaining the assessed risk and best ways to draft language to alleviate my team’s concerns.'
- 'Ryan Bray always made me and my team feel like every question was a good one in order to draw out all relevant matters that needed to be addressed.'
‘Matt Brown is a budding superstar.'
'Matt Brown is technically excellent - but also has an uncommon ability to turn that technical knowledge into practical economic terms. He is a pleasure to work with.’
Key clients
- Genmab
- Sage Software
- Sumitomo Rubber Industries
- IK Partners
- VinAI
- Metlife Investment Management
- Liberty Global Inc.
- Macquarie Asset Management
- Boom LP
- SGS Société Générale de Surveillance SA
- DoorDash
- EQT Partners
Work highlights
Advised Genmab on its proposed USD8 billion acquisition of Merus.
Advised Macquarie Asset Management in its USD1.8bn sale of a North American and European public investments business to Nomura.
Advised MetLife Investment Management in the tax aspects of the USD1.2bn acquisition of PineBridge Investments from the Pacific Century Group.
Practice head
Larry Crouch
Other key lawyers
Ryan Bray; John Hibbard; Matthew Brown