Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

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.