Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton operates both across the US and worldwide, leveraging a team with technical capability in transactional tax matters to handle a broad range of issues. The department handles cross-border M&A transactions, investment fund structuring and fundraising, bankruptcy, cryptocurrencies, and AI investment amongst others. Based in New York, practice head Meyer Fedida regularly advises on the tax aspects of large multijurisdictional M&A and fund formation matters. Jason Factor has handled high-profile deconglomerization transactions and spin-offs, as well as serving as a key name for private equity firms in continuation vehicles and fund formation. Other New York team members include William McRae, who focuses on sovereign wealth funds, Susanna Parker, who represents private equity sponsors on fundraising, and Swift Edgar, who specialises in tax aspects of corporate and partnership transactions. Maureen Linch, based in San Francisco, covers a wide range of transactional, structuring, and advisory tax matters alongside notable expertise in the renewable energy sector on  tax incentives and credits. Matthew Brigham in New York is another key name to note.