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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP’s offers considerable non-contentious tax expertise to major clients in the tech, pharma, energy, and financial services sectors, among others. Practice head Claude Stansbury in Washington DC advises domestic and international companies, private equity funds, and financial advisors on acquisitions, financings, restructurings, and disposals. He also has notable experience representing financial institutions and multinationals in relation to the taxation of derivatives and other financial products. Joseph Soltis in New York advises several Fortune 500 companies on taxable and tax-free M&A, recapitalizations, financings, investments, reorganizations, and securities issuances. Dennis Caracristi, also in New York, advises banking groups, underwriters, companies, private equity and hedge funds, and sovereign wealth investors on a broad range of issues, including stock offerings, spin-offs, derivatives, and securitizations. Robert Scarborough left the firm in 2023 for a role at the Internal Revenue Service.

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  • ‘Very professional and good to work with.’

  • ‘Joe Soltis is great and easy to work with and very professional.'

Key clients

  • Schenck Process Group, a Blackstone Capital Partners portfolio company
  • Roivant Sciences Ltd. (Nasdaq: ROIV)
  • Holcim Group Services Ltd
  • Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC)
  • bp (NYSE: BP)
  • Siemens (OTCMKTS: SIEGY)
  • Stagwell Media
  • Pearson plc (LSE:PSON)
  • Coupa Software Incorporated (Nasdaq: COUP)
  • London Stock Exchange Group plc (OTCMKTS: LNSTY)
  • Zymergen
  • Morgan Stanley
  • Lilium N.V. (NASDAQ: LILM)
  • Solvay
  • Aristocrat Leisure (OTCMKTS: ARLUF)
  • Scottish & Southern Energy Plc (SSE) (OTCMKTS: SSEZY)
  • Mercedes-Benz Group AG (OTCMKTS: MBGYY)
  • Oracle (NYSE: ORCL)
  • AstraZeneca PLC (NASDAQ: AZN)
  • ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW)
  • TriNet (NYSE: TNET)
  • Cinven
  • CVC Capital
  • Japan Tobacco (OTCMKTS: JAPAY)
  • Sonoco (NYSE: SON)
  • Novartis (NYSE: NVS)
  • One Equity Partners

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Claude Stansbury

Other key lawyers

Joseph Soltis, Dennis Caracristi