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Ropes & Gray
Ropes & Gray LLP‘s London tax team advises on the firm’s global level transactions, particularly in the key areas of private equity, fund formation, real estate and banking & finance. Team lead Brenda Coleman, who heads the European tax practice, is highly experienced in international tax planning. Andrew Howard specialises in financing transactions, and is a regular contributor to tax publications. Chris Agnoli has experience in cross-border M&A, employment tax issues, and real estate matters. Senior associate Benjamin Wonnacott joined from Goldman Sachs in 2021.
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Testimonials
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- 'The team are excellent transaction executioners. They want to understand what is important to the client, they reassure that your position will be protected, they do not create additional unnecessary issues and I have full confidence that they will go in to defend my position in a sensible and commercial way.'
- 'Andrew Howard - a pragmatic leader who seeks out simplicity and efficiency. A valuable member of the team in all the work to date we have conducted.'
- 'Chris Agnoli - has managed situations effectively to ensure escalation is only ever required when truly necessary.'
- 'Super high quality team, technically very good, readily available and a joy to work with! Provide well integrated advice with their US tax colleagues.'
- 'Brenda Coleman stands out. Loads of experience, quick and practical.'
Key clients
- 3i Group plc
- AEA Investors
- American Industrial Partners (AIP)
- APG
- Astorg
- Athyrium
- Audax Group
- BPEA EQT
- Cambridge Information Group (CIG)
- Incus Capital
- Intermediate Capital Group
- New Mountain Capital
- Partners Group
- TPG
- TSG Consumer Partners
Work highlights
- Advised Astorg on the tax aspects of its acquisition of the Fastmarkets business division of Euromoney Institutional Investor, as part of a £1.61 billion acquisition of the financial publisher of Euromoney.
- Advised funds affiliated with Baring Private Equity Asia on the tax aspects of its acquisition of Tricor Group. The transaction values Tricor at an enterprise value of $2.76 billion.
- Advised Partners Group on the tax aspects of an innovative secondary transaction whereby Partners Group will become a strategic investor in Blue Phoenix Group, via an investment in Daiwa International Capital Partners’ first fund Daiwa ICP European Infrastructure 1.
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Practice head
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Brenda Coleman