Sophie Staples
- Phone+1-212-455-3108
- Email[email protected]
Work Department
Tax
Position
A Partner in the Firm’s Tax Practice, Sophie Staples advises clients on tax matters in a variety of transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, financing transactions and securities offerings. She has advised private equity sponsors, as well as their portfolio companies and other strategic clients, on the tax aspects of numerous investments, acquisitions and divestitures. Her clients have included, among others, Blackstone, Apax Partners, KKR, Centerbridge and BC Partners.
Education
University of Virginia (B.A., 2009), with distinction; Columbia Law School (J.D., 2012), James Kent Scholar, John Ordronaux Prize for class valedictorian, notes editor of the Columbia Law Review.
Mentions
Tax • United States