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Milbank Offices
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100 Liverpool Street
LONDON
EC2M 2AT
England
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Russell Jacobs
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Position
Partner, Tax
Career
Russell is an international corporate tax partner, with over 30 years’ experience in the structuring of cross-border mergers & acquisitions, private joint ventures and partnerships, debt and equity capital markets and structured finance, securitisation and other tax-efficient transactions. Working with the best foreign tax lawyers around the world, Russell enjoys leading and project managing such transactions, whichever countries they touch.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
(Leading partners)Milbank has expertise in M&A and private equity transactions, in addition to notable strength in financial restructuring matters. Aviation taxation is a key niche area for the team. Highly experienced partner Russell Jacobs leads the team, and advises on a diverse range of corporate and finance transactions. Core team members include special counsels Andrew Callaghan, who has a particular focus on private equity transactions, and Alan Rafferty, whose practice includes restructurings, joint ventures, and capital markets transactions. Associates Cosmos Fung and Fareed Muhammed are key names.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate tax London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Transport > Aviation
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Finance > Securitisation
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium